Allocation coefficient applied to cheese export quotas opened by the United States of America
Article 62
1. By way of derogation from Article 10, where applications for export licences for a quota exceed the quantity available for the year concerned, the Commission shall calculate and publish an allocation coefficient by 31 October. If necessary, an allocation coefficient higher than 100 % may be applied. 2. Where, as the result of applying the allocation coefficient, the allocated quantities would be less than 10 tonnes per quota for an applicant, the applicant may withdraw the licence application. In such cases, the applicant shall notify the licence issuing authority thereof within three working days following the publication by the Commission of the allocation coefficient. 3. The competent authority shall notify the Commission, within 10 calendar days following the publication of the allocation coefficient, of the quantities, broken down by CN code, for which licence applications were withdrawn. 4. Where applications for export licences do not exceed the quantity available for the year concerned, the Commission shall allocate the remaining quantities to applicants in proportion to the quantities applied for, by fixing an allocation coefficient. The amount resulting from the application of the coefficient shall be rounded down to the nearest kg. In that case, the operators shall inform the licence issuing authority of the Member States concerned of the supplementary quantity they accept, within a week from the publication of the allocation coefficient. The security to be lodged shall be increased accordingly. 5. The competent authority shall notify the Commission, within two weeks from the publication of the allocation coefficient, of the supplementary quantities that were accepted by the operators, broken down by CN code.