ker morajo države članice Komisijo obvestiti o prejetih vlogah za izdajo dovoljenja v skladu s postopkom iz člena 8 Uredbe (ES) št. 520/94; ker je treba podatke o predhodnem uvozu tradicionalnih uvoznikov razčleniti po referenčnih letih in izraziti v enakih enotah kot zadevne kvote; ker je treba, če je kvota določena v ekujih, protivrednost valute, v kateri je izražen predhodni uvoz, izračunati v skladu s členom 18 Uredbe Sveta (EGS) št. 2913/92 z dne 12. oktobra 1992 o uvedbi Carinskega zakonika Skupnosti fn;
Whereas the Member States must inform the Commission of the import licence applications received, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 520/94; whereas the information about traditional importers' previous imports must be broken down by reference year and expressed in the same units as the quota in question; whereas if the quota is set in ecus, the counter-value of the currency in which previous imports are expressed must be calculated in accordance with Article 18 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code ( fn );