L 15926 Official Journal of the European Union 20.6.2012 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 521/2012 of 19 June 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009 as regards export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America under certain GATT quotas THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ('), and in particular Article 170 and Article 171(1), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) Section 2 of Chapter III of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009 of 27 November 2009 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regu- lation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards export licences and export refunds for milk and milk products (%) contains the conditions for the applicants to apply for export licences and the procedure of allocation of those licences for exports under the quota to the United States. In accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 789/2011 of 5 August 2011 opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2012 under certain GATT quotas (}), was adopted for 2012 quota year. For sake of administrative simplification, it is appropriate to integrate into Section 2 of Chapter Il of Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009 a permanent mechanism as regards the opening of a yearly procedure for the allocation of export licences, instead of adopting a separate Regulation each year. Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1187/2009 is amended as follows: OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. OJ L 318, 4.12.2009, p. 1. OJ L 203, 6.8.2011, p. 26. (1) in Chapter III, Section 2 is replaced by the following: ‘SECTION 2 Exports to the United States Atticle 21 Products falling within CN code 0406 shall be subject to presentation of an export licence in accordance with this Section when they are exported to the United States under following quotas: (a) the additional quota under the Agriculture Agreement; (b) the tariff quotas originally resulting from the Tokyo Round and granted to Austria, Finland and Sweden by the United States in Uruguay Round list XX; (c) the tariff quotas originally resulting from the Uruguay Round and granted to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia by the United States in Uruguay Round list XX. Article 22 1. Applications for licences shall be lodged with the competent authorities from 1 to 10 September of the year preceding the quota year for which export licences are allocated. All applications shall be lodged at the same time with the competent authority of a single Member State. The quotas referred to in Article 21 are opened on an annual basis for the period from 1 January to 31 December. Section 16 of licence applications and licences shall show the eight-digit product code of the Combined Nomen- clature. However, the licences shall also be valid for any other code falling under CN code 0406. The licence application and licence shall contain in Section 20 the following entry: “For export to the United States of America: Quota for ... (year) — Section 2 of Chapter Il of Regu- lation (EC) No 1187/2009. Quota identification: .......ocoeeeeeeereerereeesseeeesseeneeseseseseseenns