13.9.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 2493 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1340/2006 of 12 September 2006 determining the extent to which applications lodged in August 2006 for import licences for certain pigmeat sector products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1233/2006 can be accepted THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 12332006 of 16 August 2006 opening and providing for the adminis- tration of an import tariff quota of pigmeat allocated to the United States of America ('), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof, Whereas: The applications for import licences lodged for the period 1 July to 30 September 2006 are less than the quantities available and can therefore be fulfilled entirely, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Applications for import licences for the period 1 July to 30 September 2006 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 12332006 shall be met as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation. 2. Application for import licences for the period 1 October to 31 December 2006 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1233/2006 for the total quantity as referred to in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 September 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 September 2006. () O] L 225, 17.8.2006, p. 14. For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development