9.9.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 24719 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 13352006 of 8 September 2006 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal 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 93697 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat (?), Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f). 20 Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal meeting the definition laid down therein which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 at 11 500 t. (3) It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. Al applications for import licences from 1 to 5 September 2006 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full. 2. Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of October 2006 for 3 310,168 t. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 September 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 September 2006. (") OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (O] L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). (®» OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 408/2006 (O] L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 3). For the Commission Jean-Luc DEMARTY Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development