20.9.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 244/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1519/2005 of 19 September 2005 opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2006 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 (1), and in particular Article 30 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of 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 negotiations, may be allocated in accordance with a special procedure provided for therein. (2)  That procedure should be opened for exports during 2006 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 Harmonized 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 provide stability and security for operators lodging applications under this special regime, it is appropriate to fix the day on which applications are deemed to have been lodged for the purposes of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999. () O L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (O] L 29, 3.2.2004, p- 6). (® OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2005 (OJ L 241, 17.9.2005, p. 45). (6)  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 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 1741999 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 L 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.