The government of any European state wishing to apply for the award of the Diploma to an area within its territory shall submit to the Secretariat, in one of the two official languages of the Council of Europe, documents on the area in question, at least three months before the date of the meeting of the competent Council of Europe Group of Specialists ("Group of Specialists") set up under the terms of Article 4.1 of these regulations. ###>Article 3 - Dossier de candidature 1.