L 235/8 Official Journal of the European Union 30.8.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1285/2006 of 29 August 2006 opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2007 under certain GATT quotas 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 thereof, Whereas: (1) Section 2 of Chapter IIl of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 of 17 August 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 (%), 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 nego- tiations, may be allocated in accordance with a special procedure provided for therein. (2)  That procedure should be opened for exports during 2007 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)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (O] L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). () O] L 234, 29.8.2006, p. 4. 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 2007 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 Regu- lation (EC) No 1282/2006 (hereinafter referred to as appli- cations) shall be lodged with the competent authorities from 1 to 7 September 2006 at the latest. 2. Applications shall be admissible only if they contain all the information referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 12822006 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 to in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 12822006 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.