Article 6
1. Where quota allocation takes account of traditional trade flows, one portion of the quota shall be reserved for traditional importers or exporters while the other shall be set aside for other importers or exporters. 2. Importers or exporters shall be deemed to be traditional if they are able to demonstrate that in the course of a previous period, to be known as ‘the reference period’ they have imported into the Community or exported from it the product or products covered by the quota. 3. The portion set aside for traditional importers or exporters, the reference period and the portion allocated to other applicants shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2). 4. The allocation shall be carried out in accordance with the principles set out in Articles 7 to 11.