Regulation 22 Applying for an import licence: available quantityI1

The Secretary of State may publish a notice inviting applications to be made for an import licence in respect of any quota specified in the notice.

A notice published by the Secretary of State under paragraph (1) must be published before the commencement of the quota period or sub-period in respect of which applications for the import licence are invited and must specify the quantity of quota goods available for the quota concerned (the “available quantity”).

The total sum of each available quantity specified in notices published under paragraph (1) in respect of the same quota period may not exceed the quota volume for the quota concerned.

In determining the available quantity for each quota, the Secretary of State may take into account—

If the available quantity specified in a notice published by the Secretary of State is subject to a conversion factor, the particulars of the applicable conversion factor must also be given by the Secretary of State in the notice.

An available quantity is subject to a conversion factor where the quota is marked “CF1” or “CF2” in column (1) of the Licensing Table and the applicable conversion factor which is specified in the corresponding footnote is to be applied to establish the available quantity for the goods concerned.

Any reference in this Part to an available quantity specified in a notice published under paragraph (1) is a reference to the available quantity for which applications for an import licence have been invited by the Secretary of State in respect of the quota concerned.