# Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007, Article 184: Tariff quotas

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

1. Tariff quotas for imports of United Kingdom agricultural products into another country, which are to be partly or fully administered by the United Kingdom, resulting from international agreements to which the United Kingdom is a party, may be opened or administered by the Secretary of State by means of regulations made pursuant to Article 186 or Article 187 of this Regulation.
2. Tariff quotas shall be administered in a manner which avoids any discrimination between the operators concerned, by applying one of the following methods or a combination of them or another appropriate method:
(a) a method based on the chronological order of the submission of applications ("first come, first served" principle);
(b) a method of distribution in proportion to the quantities requested when the applications were submitted (the "simultaneous examination method");
(c) a method based on taking traditional trade patterns into account (the "traditional/newcomers method").
3. The method of administration adopted shall:
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) for export tariff quotas, permit the full use of the possibilities available under the quota concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1308/article/184 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/article-184
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