How to create a first project area using a template of project in RRC?

Hi all,

I created a RRC project area in a dev environment and created the project template based on this project area.
Now, I want to creat a project area in a production environment using the project template (.archive).
In my production environment there is no project area created to import the project template. I'd like to create the first project area in this environment already using the project template that I created.

How to do that? Is possible? Or I have to create a project area first and then import the project template?

Thanks.