1. Member States shall ensure that administrative applications related to the planning, construction and operation of production facilities, transfer of inputs within the Union and qualification and certification of end products are processed in an efficient and timely manner. To that end, all national authorities concerned shall ensure that the most rapid treatment legally possible is given to such applications.
2. Member States shall ensure that, in the planning and permit-granting process, the construction and operation of plants and installations for the production of crisis-relevant products are given priority when balancing legal interests in the individual case concerned.
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