Article 2

Community operators may apply for import rights totalling a quantity of 18 550 tonnes on the basis of the quantities imported by them under Commission Regulations (EC) No 995/1999^f1, (EC) No 980/2000^f2 and (EC) No 1080/2001^f3.

However, Member States may accept as the reference quantity import rights under the order number 09.4003 for the preceding quota year which were not allocated because of an administrative error by the competent national body but to which the operator would have been entitled.