
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article la is amended as follows:

((a)) in paragraph 4 (a), ‘Section 19’ is replaced by ‘Section 22’;
((b)) the following paragraph is added:
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5. At the request of the party concerned, a certified copy of the licence shall be issued.'
2.. The following Article is inserted:
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Article lb 

1. This Article lays down special detailed rules governing exports to Switzerland of the cheeses listed in the Annex.
2. Export licences shall be presented for all exports covered by paragraph 1 from 1 July 1996.
3. Section 20 of licence applications and of licences shall show a reference to this Article.
4. Licence applications shall be admissible only where the applicant:
— declares in writing that all material falling within Chapter 4 of the combined nomenclature and used in the manufacture of products covered by his application has been produced entirely within the European Union,
— undertakes in writing to provide, at the request of the competent authorities, any further substantiation which the latter consider necessary for the issuing of licences and to accept, where applicable, any checks by those authorities of the accounts and of the conditions under which the products concerned are manufactured.
5. The following provisions shall apply to exports not covered by refund applications:
(a) Section 22 of licence applications and of licences shall show the words “To be exported without a refund”;
(b) licences shall be issued as soon as possible after applications are lodged;
(c) licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the meaning of Article 21 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 to 30 June thereafter,
(d) the other provisions of this Regulation shall not apply, with the exception of the first subparagraph of Article 3 (1);
(e) Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply.
6. On application by the party concerned, a certified copy of the licence shall be issued.'
3.. The following Article is inserted:
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Article 2a 
No refund shall be granted on exports of cheese where the free-at-frontier price prior to application of the refund in the Member State of export is less than ECU 230 per 100 kilograms.'
4.. Article 10 (2) is replaced by the following:
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2. The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 on tolerances for quantities exported shall apply as follows:
(a) the rate of 5 % laid down in Article 8 (5) shall be replaced by 2 %;
(b) the rates of 95 % and 5 % laid down in Article 33 (2) shall be replaced by 98 % and 2 % respectively,
(c) the rate of 5 % laid down in Article 44 (9) (c) shall be replaced by 2 %.'
5.. The Annex hereto is added as an Annex.
Article 2 
Regulation (EEC) No 1953/82 is hereby repealed. However, certificates of origin issued pursuant to that Regulation before the entry into force of this Regulation shall remain valid for exports under licences issued prior to that date.
Article 3 
Footnote 6 and the relevant reference in the first line opposite code ex 0406 in Sector 9 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 are hereby deleted.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 3 May 1996.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
CN code Description(agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds)
0406 Cheese and curd:
ex 0406 10 20 – – – – – Ricotta, salted
0406 20 – Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds:
0406 40 – Blue-veined cheese
ex 0406 90 – Other cheese:
0406 90 61 – – – – – – – Grana Padano, Parmigiano Reggiano
0406 90 63 – – – – – – – Fiore Sardo, Pecorino
0406 90 69 – – – – – – – Other:
0406 90 73 – – – – – – – Provolone
ex 0406 90 75 – – – – – – – Caciocavallo
ex 0406 90 76 – – – – – – – Fontina della Valle d'Aosta:
ex 0406 90 87 – – – – – – – – – – – – – Idiazabal, Manchego, Roncal, manufactured exclusively from sheep's milk