L 230/6 Official Journal of the European Union 1.9.2007 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1022/2007 of 31 August 2007 opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2008 under certain GATT quotas, and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards export licences and export refunds for milk and milk products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products ('), and in particular Article 30(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Section 2 of Chapter IIl of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 (3 provides that export licences for cheese exported to the United States of America as part of the quotas under the agreements concluded during multilateral trade negotiations may be allocated according to a special procedure by which preferred importers in the USA may be designated. () That procedure should be opened for exports during 2008 and the additional rules relating to it should be determined. (3)  In administering imports the competent authorities in the USA make a distinction between the additional quota granted to the European Community under the Uruguay Round and the quotas resulting from the Tokyo Round. Export licences should be allocated taking into account the eligibility of those products for the USA quota in question as described in the Harmonised Tariff Schedule of the United States of America. (4  With a view to exporting the maximum quantity under the quotas for which there is moderate interest, appli- cations covering the whole quota quantity should be allowed. (5)  In order to allow operators in Bulgaria and Romania to adapt to the system applied in the Community, () O) L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (O] L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). () O] L 234, 29.8.2006, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 532/2007 (O] L 125, 15.5.2007, p. 7). transitional measures should be introduced for the 2008 quota year to requests for export licences lodged in those Member States. (6)  The transitional arrangement shall apply to the historic export criterion and the subsidiaries criterion. (7)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 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 2008 under the quotas referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 shall be issued in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter IIl of that Regulation and with the provisions of this Regulation. Atrticle 2 1. Applications for licences referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 (hereinafter referred to as ‘appli- cations’) shall be lodged with the competent authorities from 10 to 14 September 2007 at the latest. 2. Applications shall be admissible only if they contain all the information referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 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 that Annex. Information referred in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 shall be presented in accordance with the model set out in Annex I 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.