Article 5 4.

acknowledge receipt of an application in writing within 15 days of its receipt. The acknowledgement shall state the date of receipt of the application;

inform the Member States of the application without delay and make the application and any supplementary information supplied by the applicant available to them;

within 1 month of receipt of an application, provide to the applicant, the Member States and the European Parliament a timeline for the adoption of its decision on the application;

make a summary of the application available to the public;

evaluate the application and its justification.