Medlemsstaterne kan dog som referencemængde anerkende de importrettigheder under løbenummer 09.4003 for det foregående kontingentår, der ikke blev tildelt på grund af en administrativ fejl begået af det nationale organ, men som den erhvervsdrivende ville have haft ret til.
However, Member States may accept as the reference quantity import rights under the order number 09.4003 for the preceding quota year which were not allocated because of an administrative error by the competent national body but to which the operator would have been entitled.