When applying a Commission recommendation on expedited procedure, there should be no interview on the merits, but if there are doubts whether the applicant belongs to the category or categories of persons identified in that recommendation or whether the exclusion grounds apply, such an interview might be needed. In all cases, the procedure should not last longer than four weeks from the date of the lodging of the application. Where a Member State has established that an applicant is a threat to internal security, that Member State should be able not to apply the expedited procedure in respect of that applicant. In such circumstances, the application should be examined in accordance with Articles 35 and 39 of .