{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1239/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1239/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1239",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the system of import and export licences (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1239",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Tolerance and rounding",
  "text": "1. The positive or negative tolerance referred to in Article 5(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 shall be no more than 5 %.\n2. When calculating quantities, the following rounding rules shall apply:\n(a) where the first decimal is five or more, the quantity shall be rounded up to the first higher unit of measurement referred to in Section 17 of the licence. Where the first decimal is less than five, the decimal quantity shall be deleted;\n(b) for headage-based quantities, quantities shall be rounded to the next greater whole number of head.",
  "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/2016/1239/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:39.914706+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."
}