3.—(1) Where, by virtue of section 11 of the Act, goods imported into the United Kingdom are subject to a quota, that quota is identified by a unique reference number as set out in column 1 of the Quota Table (“quota number”).
(2) The quota number comprises a six-digit numerical code which uniquely identifies the quota.
(3) A quota, as identified by the quota number, may include one or more types of goods provided that the unit of measure which establishes the quota volume is the same for each type of goods to which the quota applies.
4. The commodity code applicable to goods subject to a quota is the code for the goods concerned which is specified in column 2 of the Quota Table.
5.—(1) The country of origin in relation to goods subject to a quota is the country of origin specified in column 3 of the Quota Table corresponding with the quota number in the corresponding row of that Table (“country of origin”).
(2) Where a country of origin is specified in relation to goods subject to a quota, the goods concerned are goods which originate from that country.
6.—(1) The quota volume in relation to goods subject to a quota is the total quantity, however expressed, of those goods which may be imported into the United Kingdom as quota goods during each quota period (“quota volume”).
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the quota volume in relation to goods subject to a quota is set out in column 5 of the Quota Table as a figure or formula including a unit of measure against the relevant commodity code for those goods and applies to the quota period in the corresponding row of that Table.
(3) The quota volume in relation to goods subject to a quota which applies for the period commencing on IP completion day and ending at the end of the applicable quota period is the figure or formula set out in column 8 of the Quota Table.
(4) Where a formula set out in column 8 of the Quota Table indicates an allocated quantity for the quota concerned, “allocated quantity” refers to the total quantity of goods allocated to be imported as quota goods under the quota concerned immediately before IP completion day; the Secretary of State must within 10 working days of the appointed day publish a notice specifying as a figure the quota volume which applies in respect of that quota as a result of applying that formula.
7.—(1) Each period during which a quota applies (“quota period”) commences at the beginning of each date in column 6 of the Quota Table (the “quota open date”) and expires at the end of the corresponding date in column 7 of that Table (the “quota close date”).
(2) A quota period applies between the quota open date and the quota close date as though that period had already commenced on IP completion day and also applies to the period falling between those dates in each year following the year in which IP completion day falls.
8. Where a commodity code listed in the Quota Table has been deleted and is not replaced in the Goods Classification Table, then, for the purposes of applying the quota, the original code must be retained in the Quota Table and continues to apply to goods as originally classified under that code.