
Article 1 

1. Authorisations referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2204/90 shall be granted for a period of 12 months, at the request of the undertakings concerned, subject to their giving a prior undertaking in writing to accept and comply with the provisions of Article 3(1)(a) and (b) on the one hand, and Article 3(1)(c) on the other, of that Regulation.
2. Authorisations shall be issued with a serial number for each undertaking or, where necessary, for each production unit.
3. Authorisations may cover one or more types of cheese, in accordance with the application made by the undertaking concerned.
Article 2 

1. The maximum percentages to be incorporated, as referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2204/90, are given in Annex I to this Regulation. They shall apply to the weight of the types of cheese set out in that Annex produced by the undertaking or production unit concerned during a six-month period.
2. The list of products given in Annex I and the maximum percentages relating thereto shall be adjusted to take account of reasoned applications providing evidence that there is a technological need for the addition of casein or caseinates.
Article 3 

1. The stock accounts referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2204/90 shall include information as to the origin, composition and quantity of the raw materials used in the manufacture of the cheeses. Member States may require samples to be taken to provide a check on this information. Member States shall ensure that the information collected from undertakings is treated as confidential.
2. The checks referred to in Article 3(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2204/90 must fulfil the following requirements:
(a) at least 30 % of the undertakings in receipt of authorisations shall be checked each quarter;
(b) each undertaking in receipt of an authorisation shall be checked at least once per year, and undertakings producing more than 300 tonnes of cheese per year shall be checked at least twice per year.
3. Within a period of one month from when the infringement was recorded, Member States shall notify the Commission of cases in which casein and/or caseinates have been used either without authorisation or without abiding by the percentages laid down.
Article 4 

1. The sum due in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2204/90 shall be EUR 22,00 per 100 kg of caseins and/or caseinates.
2. The sums recovered in this way shall be paid to the paying departments and agencies and offset by them against expenditure financed by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund.
Article 5 
In addition to the notifications required under Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2204/90, Member States shall submit to the Commission before the end of each quarter the following information on the previous quarter:

((a)) the number of authorisations granted and/or revoked;
((b)) the quantities of casein and caseinates declared in respect of these authorisations, broken down by type of cheese.
Article 6 
Regulation (EEC) No 2742/90 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 October 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Maximum percentages to be incorporated, as referred to in Article 2(1):

((a)) processed cheese falling within CN code 0406 30: 5 %;
((b)) grated processed cheese covered by CN code ex 0406 20: 5 %;
((c)) processed cheese in powdered form covered by CN code ex 0406 20: 5 %.

ANNEX II
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2742/90(OJ L 264, 27.9.1990, p. 20) 
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 837/91(OJ L 85, 5.4.1991, p. 15) 
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2146/92(OJ L 214, 30.7.1992, p. 23) 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1802/95(OJ L 174, 26.7.1995, p. 27) Only concerning references made in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2742/90
Commission Regulation (EC) No 78/96(OJ L 15, 20.1.1996, p. 15) 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 265/2002(OJ L 43, 14.2.2002, p. 13) 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1815/2005(OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 4) 
ANNEX III
Regulation (EEC) No 2742/90 This Regulation
Articles 1 to 4 Articles 1 to 4
Article 5, points (1) and (2) Article 5, points (a) and (b)
— Article 6
Article 6 Article 7
Annex, indents 1, 2 and 3 Annex I, points (a) (b) and (c)
— Annex II
— Annex III