34How to work out how much quota meat an exporter has exported

34 How to work out how much quota meat an exporter has exported

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), if an exporter is issued a tariff rate quota certificate for the export from Australia to a member country of the EU of a consignment of quota meat in a quota year, the exporter is taken to have exported the shipped weight of quota meat stated in the certificate. Shipped weight is less than certified weight (2) If: (a) the shipped weight of the consignment is less than the shipped weight stated in the tariff rate quota certificate for the consignment; and (b) apart from this subsection, the exporter would be taken to have exported the difference between the weights; and (c) the certificate has been annotated by the customs authority of the member country of the EU to which the consignment has been delivered to show the shipped weight of quota meat actually exported; and (d) the exporter gives a copy of the annotated certificate to the Quota Unit by close of business on 15 May in the quota year; the exporter is not taken to have exported the difference between the weights. No export of consignment (3) If the exporter: (a) does not export the consignment of quota meat in the quota year; and (b) gives all copies of the tariff rate quota certificate for the consignment to the Quota Unit by close of business on 15 May in the quota year; the exporter is not taken to have exported the shipped weight of quota meat stated in the certificate. Consignment is refused entry to the EU (4) If: (a) the consignment of quota meat is refused entry to the EU in the quota year; and (b) the exporter returns all copies of the tariff rate quota certificate for the consignment to the Quota Unit by the earlier of: (i) close of business on 15 May in the quota year; and (ii) 3 months after the day the consignment leaves Australia; the exporter is not taken to have exported the consignment.