Where an agreement concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty provides for the total or partial management of a tariff quota opened by a third country for the products referred to in Article 1, the management method to be applied and detailed rules relating to that method shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 42.

Quotas may be managed using one of the following methods or a combination thereof:

• order in which applications are submitted (‘first come, first served’ basis),

• allocation in proportion to quantities requested when applications are submitted (‘simultaneous examination’ method),

• traditional trade flows (‘traditional importers/new arrivals’ method).

Other appropriate methods may by adopted, in particular ones which guarantee the full use of the possibilities available under the quota concerned.

They shall avoid any discrimination between the operators concerned.