Where a T 5 control copy must be used as proof of taking-over by the retail trade and has, owing to circumstances beyond the control of the interested party, not been returned to the customs office of departure or to the central return office within 12 months of the deadline for the submission of tenders referred to in Article 3 (2), that party may lodge with the competent authorities a reasoned application before the expiry of the 15-month time limit referred to in the second subparagraph for equivalence of treatment, together with supporting documents, which must include the transport document and a document proving that the butter has been taken over by the retail trade.
V primeru, da je treba kot dokaz o prevzemu s strani trgovine na drobno uporabiti kontrolno kopijo T 5, ki zaradi okoliščin, ki so izven vpliva zainteresirane stranke, ni bila vrnjena v odhodni carinski urad ali v osrednji urad v 12 mesecih od roka za oddajo ponudb iz člena 3(2), lahko stranka pri pristojnih organih pred potekom 15-mesečnega roka iz drugega pododstavka vloži utemeljen zahtevek za enakovredno obravnavo, skupaj s spremljajočimi dokumenti, ki morajo vsebovati transportni dokument in dokument, ki dokazuje, da je bilo maslo prevzeto s strani trgovine na drobno.