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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 498/2012 Article 14

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 498/2012 Article 14

Article 14

1.   Where a quota authorisation that has not been returned after six months of its issuing pursuant to Article 12 remains unused at the end of quota period n–1, the importer’s import ceilings for both product groups during quota period n+1 shall be reduced by twice the amount proportional to the size of the unused quota authorisation. 2.   The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated as follows: R i = 2 * (ΣU i /ΣΑ i ) where:   ‘R i ’ represents the reduction applicable to the import ceiling of importer i, for both product groups, during quota period n+1;   ‘ΣU i ’ represents the sum of unused quota authorisations granted to importer i during the quota period n–1;   ‘ΣΑ i ’ represents the sum of quota authorisations granted to importer i, for both product groups, during the quota period n–1.

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