1.The Commission shall fix per Member State concerned the minimum sale price or decide not to accept the tenders in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.
2.Where an award at a minimum price set pursuant to paragraph 1 would result in the available quantity for that Member State being exceeded, that award shall be limited to such quantity as is still available.
Where awards for a Member State to all tenderers offering the same price would result in the quantity for that Member State being exceeded, then the quantity available shall be awarded as follows:
(a)by division among the tenderers concerned in proportion of the total quantities in each of their tenders; or
(b)by apportionment among the tenderers concerned by reference to a maximum tonnage fixed for each of them; or
(c)by drawing of lots.