# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1223/2012 of 18 December 2012 laying down detailed rules for the application of an import tariff quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (codification), Article 4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Import rights shall be awarded as from the seventh and no later than the sixteenth working day following the end of the period for the notifications referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 3(3).
2. Where the application of the allocation coefficient referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 gives a figure of less than 50 head per application, the quantity available shall be awarded by the Member States concerned by drawing lots for import rights covering 50 head each. Where the remainder is less than 50 head, a single import right shall be awarded for that quantity.
3. Where the application of paragraph 2 results in fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged in accordance with Article 5(1) shall be released proportionally without delay.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1223/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1223/article-4
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