
Article 1 
Export licences for products falling within CN code 0406 and listed in Annex I to this Regulation to be exported to the United States of America in 2006 under the quotas referred to in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 shall be issued in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and this Regulation.
Article 2 

1. Applications for provisional licences referred to in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 (hereinafter applications) shall be lodged with the competent authorities from 26 to 30 September 2005 at the latest.
2. Applications shall be admissible only if they contain all the information referred to in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and if they are accompanied by the documents referred to therein.Where, for the same group of products referred to in column 2 of Annex I to this Regulation the available quantity is divided between the Uruguay Round quota and the Tokyo Round quota, licence applications may cover only one of those quotas and shall indicate the quota concerned, specifying the identification of the group and of the quota indicated in column 3 of Annex I.Information referred to in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 shall be presented in accordance with the model set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
3. As regards the quotas identified by 22-Tokyo and 22-Uruguay in column 3 of Annex I, applications shall cover at least 10 tonnes and shall not exceed the quantity available under the quota concerned as set out in column 4 of that Annex.As regards the other quotas indicated in column 3 of Annex I, applications shall cover at least 10 tonnes and no more than 40 % of the quantity available under the quota concerned as set out in column 4 of that Annex.
4. Applications shall be admissible only if applicants declare in writing that they have not lodged other applications for the same group of products and the same quota and undertake not to do so.If an applicant lodges several applications for the same group of products and the same quota in one or more Member States, all his applications shall be deemed inadmissible.
5. For the purposes of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, all applications lodged within the time limit referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be deemed to have been lodged on 26 September 2005.
Article 3 

1. Member States shall notify the Commission, within five working days after the end of the period for lodging applications, of the applications lodged for each of the groups of products and, where applicable, the quotas indicated in Annex I.All notifications, including ‘nil’ notifications, shall be made by fax on the model form set out in Annex III.
2. Notification shall comprise for each group and, where applicable, for each quota:
(a) a list of applicants;
(b) the quantities applied for by each applicant broken down by the product code of the Combined Nomenclature and by their code in accordance with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States of America (2005);
(c) indication whether applicant exported the products concerned during the previous three years;
(d) the name and address of the importer designated by the applicant and the indication whether the importer is a subsidiary of the applicant.
Article 4 
The Commission shall, pursuant to Article 20(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, determine the allocation of licences without delay and shall notify the Member States thereof by 31 October 2005 at the latest.
Member States shall notify the Commission, within five working days after publication of the allocation coefficients of provisional licences, for each group and, where applicable, for each quota, the quantities by applicant, for which provisional licences have been allocated in accordance to Article 20(4) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999.
The notification shall be made by fax on the model form set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 5 
The information notified under Article 3 of this Regulation and under Article 20(2) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 shall be verified by the Member States before the full licences are issued and by 31 December 2005 at the latest.
Where it is found that incorrect information has been supplied by an operator to whom a provisional licence has been issued, the licence shall be cancelled and the security forfeited. The Member States shall communicate it to the Commission without any delay.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.
ANNEX I
Identification of group in accordance with Additional Notes in Chapter 4 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule of the United States of America Identification of group Quantity available for 2006
Note to Group Tonnes
(1) (2) (3) (4)
16 Not specifically provided for (NSPF) 16 — Tokyo 908,877
16 — Uruguay 3 446,0
17 Blue Mould 17 350,0
18 Cheddar 18 1 050,0
20 Edam/Gouda 20 1 100,0
21 Italian type 21 2 025,0
22 Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese other than with eye formation 22 — Tokyo 393,006
22 — Uruguay 380,0
25 Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation 25 — Tokyo 4 003,172
25 — Uruguay 2 420,0
ANNEX II



ANNEX III



ANNEX IV


