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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1159/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2010/1159",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1159/2010 of 9 December 2010 laying down rules for the management and distribution of textile quotas established for the year 2011 under Council Regulation (EC) No 517/94",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1159",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The competent national authorities listed in Annex II may, from 10.00 o’clock a.m. on 7 January 2011, notify the Commission of the amounts covered by requests for import authorisations.\nThe time fixed in the first subparagraph shall be understood as Brussels time.\n2. The competent national authorities shall issue authorisations only after being notified by the Commission pursuant to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 517/94 that quantities are available for importation.\nThey shall issue authorisations only if an operator:\n(a) proves the existence of a contract relating to the provision of the goods; and\n(b) certifies in writing that, in respect of the categories and countries concerned:\n(i) he has not already been allocated an authorisation under this Regulation; or\n(ii) he has been allocated an authorisation under this Regulation but has used up at least 50 percent of it.\n3. Import authorisations shall be valid for nine months from the date of issue, but until 31 December 2011 at the latest.\nThe competent national authorities may, however, at the importer’s request, grant a three-month extension for authorisations which are at least 50 percent used up at the time of the request. Such extension shall in no circumstances expire later than 31 March 2012.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1159/article/4",
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  },
  "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."
}