The names of the designated importers and the quantities allocated shall be communicated by the Commission to the competent authorities of the United States of America.

Where an import licence for the quantities concerned is not allocated to the designated importer, in circumstances which do not cast doubt on the good faith of the operator submitting a declaration of eligibility under the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) rules on dairy tariff-rate quota import licensing laid down in part 6 of subtitle A of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the operator may be authorised by the licence issuing authority to designate another importer stated on the USDA list of approved importers and communicated in accordance with paragraph 1.

The licence issuing authority shall notify the Commission, as soon as possible, of the change of the designated importer and the Commission shall notify the change to the competent authorities of the United States of America.