(2)No such application shall be granted unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Licensing Committee that, had such allowance been granted in the previous year, the crop of the low producing area to which the application relates would nevertheless have not been less than the amount of the enhanced export quota which would be admissible to it by reason of the grant of the allowance.Provided that the Licensing Committee may reduce the allowance to be granted under this rule by an amount equal to the amount by which the crop of such low producing area appears to be likely to fall below such enhanced export quota in consequence of the grant of the allowance: