If the successful tenderer furnishes proof that the invitation to tender or the contract concluded following the award provided for a downward tolerance or option of more than 5 % and that the agency that issued the invitation to tender is invoking the relevant clause, the obligation to export shall be deemed to have been fulfilled where the quantity exported is not more than 10 % less than the quantity corresponding to the amount for which the certificate was issued, on condition that the rate of the refund fixed in advance in respect of the basic product corresponding to the largest refund compared with the other basic products used is higher than or equal to the rate of the refund valid on the last day of validity of the certificate.
Če izbrani ponudnik predloži dokazilo, da je razpis ali pogodba, sklenjena po dodelitvi posla, predvidevala odstopanje ali možnost, večjo od 5 %, in da agencija, ki je razpisala razpis, uveljavlja zadevno klavzulo, se obveznost izvoza obravnava, kakor da je izpolnjena, kadar izvožena količina ni za 10 % manjša od količine, ki ustreza vsoti, za katero je bilo izdano potrdilo, pod pogojem, da je stopnja vnaprejšnje določitve nadomestila v povezavi z osnovnim proizvodom, ki ustreza najvišjemu nadomestilu v primerjavi z drugimi uporabljenimi osnovnimi proizvodi, višja ali enaka stopnji nadomestila, veljavni na zadnji dan veljavnosti potrdila.