Article 3 Allocation coefficient and issue of import licence

Import licences shall be issued for the quantity in product weight for each order number referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.

Where the information notified by the Member States pursuant to Article 7 indicates that the quantities covered by licence applications exceed the quantities available for the import tariff quota sub-period, the Commission shall fix an allocation coefficient, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. For this purpose, the Commission shall transform the quantities in product weight notified by the Member States in quantities in the type of equivalent specified for each order number referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) of this Regulation.

The allocation coefficient shall be made public, via an appropriate web-publication, at the latest on the 22nd day of each month. At the same time, the Commission shall make public the quantities available in respect of the following sub-period. Where the application was lodged between 23 and 30 November, the allocation coefficient shall be made public no later than on 14 December.

Import licences shall be issued for the quantities in product weight for each order number referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) calculated multiplying the quantities in import licence applications by the allocation coefficient. The quantity resulting from the application of the allocation coefficient shall be rounded down to the nearest unit.

Import licences shall be issued after the Commission makes public the allocation coefficient and before the end of the month.

Import licences that are valid from 1 January shall be issued in the period between 15 and 31 December of the preceding year.