10.2.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 39/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 229/2006 of 9 February 2006 determining the extent to which applications for import rights lodged in respect of the quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005, can be accepted THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 of 23 December 2005 laying down detailed rules for the appli- cation of an import tariff quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agri- cultural products (3), and in particular in the first sentence of Article 4(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 fixes at 4 600 head the quantity of the annual quota in respect of which Community importers can lodge an application for import rights in accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation. (2)  Since the import rights applied for exceed the available quantity referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005, a unique reduction coefficient should be fixed for quantities tendered, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Each application for import rights lodged in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 for the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2006 shall be accepted at a rate of 64,5161 % of the import rights applied for. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 February 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 February 2006. (") OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). () O] L 346, 29.12.2005, p. 10. For the Commission J. L. DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development