1. For each material balance area, operators shall transmit to the Commission:
material balance reports, in the format set out in Annex IV, indicating:(i)beginning physical inventory;(ii)inventory changes (first increases, then decreases);(iii)ending book inventory;(iv)ending physical inventory;(v)material unaccounted for;
beginning physical inventory;
inventory changes (first increases, then decreases);
ending book inventory;
ending physical inventory;
material unaccounted for;
a physical inventory listing, in the format set out in Annex V, showing all batches separately.
2. The reports and the listing referred to in paragraph 1 shall be transmitted as soon as possible and at the latest within 30 days of the date on which a physical inventory was taken.
3. Unless otherwise specified in the particular safeguard provisions referred to in Article 8 for an installation, a physical inventory listing, based on an actual inventory taking of all nuclear materials present in the material balance area, shall be produced every calendar year. The period between two successive physical inventory takings shall not exceed 14 months.