Deductions from the quota volume in accordance with regulation 12 must not be allocated to requests to benefit from a quota any earlier than the working day after the date of acceptance by Customs of the declaration for a customs procedure for those goods.

Allocation of the quota volume by Customs must take account of all requests to benefit from the quota which have been accepted by Customs together with declarations for a customs procedure up to and including the working day prior to the day of allocation of the relevant quota.

Where, on any day, the total quantity of any quota goods in respect of which requests to benefit from the quota have been accepted by Customs together with declarations for a customs procedure exceeds the quota volume, or remaining quota volume for the goods, the quota volume, or remaining quota volume, must be allocated on a pro rata basis calculated by reference to the requests for quantities of goods to be treated as quota goods and declared for a customs procedure.

Where a quantity of goods has been allocated to a quota on the basis of incorrect information or an error by the person making a Customs declaration or Customs, the remaining quota volume must be adjusted accordingly to take account of the incorrect information or error.