{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-tariff-quotas-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-tariff-quotas-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1432",
  "legislation_title": "The Customs (Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-tariff-quotas-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Allocation of quota",
  "text": "(1) On the grant of an import licence, the Secretary of State must specify in the licence the quantity of quota goods to be imported under the licence.\n(2) The quantity of quota goods to be imported is to be determined by—\n(a) calculating an allocation coefficient in respect of the quota concerned; and\n(b) applying the coefficient to the application quantity.\n(3) The allocation coefficient is to be calculated for each quota as follows—\n(available quantity/requested quantity) × 100%.\n(4) But if the allocation coefficient calculated under paragraph (3) exceeds 100%, the allocation coefficient is to be 100%.\n(5) The allocation coefficient is to be applied to the application quantity as follows—\n(application quantity × allocation coefficient).\n(6) Unless the additional allocation procedure under regulation 36A applies, the figure resulting from the application of the allocation coefficient is the quantity of quota goods to be imported under the licence, rounded down to the nearest unit.\n(7) For the purposes of calculating and applying the allocation coefficient—\n(a) the requested quantity is the sum total of the application quantities to which the allocation coefficient is being applied; and\n(b) the application quantity is the quantity of quota goods proposed to be imported in a valid application for the import licence concerned.\n(8) The Secretary of State may adjust the allocation coefficient to ensure that the quantity of quota goods allocated on the grant of import licences does not exceed the available quantity specified in the notice published under regulation 22(1).\n(9) The Secretary of State must publish a notice of the allocation coefficient which has been applied in respect of the requested quantity.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 36(6) inserted (17.11.2021) by The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1192), regs. 1(2), 6(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 36 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1432/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:24.677444+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}