I 
(Acts whose publication is obligatory) 
 
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1984/2006 
of 20 December 2006 
amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council 
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk 
products and opening tariff 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 29(1) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules 
for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system 
of import licences2 applies to import licences for import tariff quota periods starting from 1 
January 2007. That Regulation lays down in particular detailed provisions on applications for import licences, the status of applicants and the issue of licences. That Regulation limits the period of validity of licences to the last day of the import tariff quota period. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 should apply to imports licences issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001
3, without prejudice to additional 
conditions or derogations laid down in that Regulation, such as the special rules concerning the approval of importers which are necessary to secure that only genuine importers apply for licences. It is necessary to align the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 on Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 where appropriate. Since Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 applies to licences for import tariff quota periods starting from 1 January 2007, provision 
                                                
 
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should be made for a delayed application for tariff quotas covered by Regulation (EC) 
No 2535/2001 for which the import period starts from 1 July 2007. 
(2) Pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001, the approval of importers in June 
2006 is valid from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 concerning approval should therefore not apply before 1 July 2007. 
(3) Council Regulation (EC) No 1839/2006 of 28 November 2006 concerning the 
implementation of the Agreement concluded by the EC following negotiations in the framework of Article XXIV.6 of GATT 1994, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
4 provides for an additional quantity of 537 tonnes of skimmed milk powder 
under the annual import tariff quota. It is therefore appropriate to adjust the quantity of skimmed milk powder under quota No 09.4590 referred to in Annex I.A to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001. 
(4) Council Decision 2006/909/EC of 4 December 2006 on the conclusion of the agreement in 
the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning adjustments of trade preferences in cheese undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
5 provides for the merging as 
from 1 January 2007 of the two existing annual duty free tariff quotas of cheese originating in Norway. It is therefore appropriate to adapt Annex I.H to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 accordingly. 
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2006 of 17 October 2006 amending Annex I to 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
6 provides for amendments from 1 January 2007 for certain 
products falling within CN code 0406. Annex I.A to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should be amended accordingly. 
(6) Council Decision 2006/999/EC
7 approves a Community position in the EC-Turkey 
Association Council on the amendment to Protocols 1 and 2 to Decision 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the trade regime for agricultural products. The amendment to Decision 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council has been approved by the EC-Turkey Association Council in its Decision 2006/999/EC of 2/2006. 
(7) For certain agricultural products, amongst which cheeses, originating in Turkey, the 
amended Protocol 1 provides for new Community tariff quotas and for changes to the existing Community tariff quotas laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain 
                                                
 
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Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/958. 
It is therefore appropriate to adjust the quota quantity and the product descriptions in the 
relevant annexes to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001. 
(8) Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly. 
(9) 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 
Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 2, the following paragraph is added:  
"Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply save as otherwise provided in 
this Regulation. 
*  OJ L 238, 1 .9.2 006 , p. 13. "  
(2) Subparagraph 1 of Article 6 is replaced by the following: 
"Annex I sets out the tariff quotas, the duties to be applied, the maximum quantities to be imported each year, the import tariff quota periods and their division into two equal parts for six-month periods." 
(3) Article 8 is replaced by the following:  
"Article 8 
By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, approval shall be granted to applicants who, before 1 April each year, submit a request to the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are established and in which they are registered for VAT purposes, accompanied by proof that during both of the previous two calendar years they imported into or exported from the Community at least 25 tonnes of milk products covered by Chapter 04 of the Combined Nomenclature." 
(4) Article 12 is deleted. 
                                                
 
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(5) Article 13 is amended as follows: 
(a) in paragraph 2, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: 
"However, in the case of the quotas referred to in Article 5(c) to (f) and (h), licence 
applications shall relate to at least 10 tonnes and to no more than the quantity available for each period." 
(b) paragraph 3 is deleted. 
(6) Article 15 is replaced by the following: 
"Article 15 
On the fifth working day following the end of the period for lodging applications, Member States shall notify the Commission of the applications lodged for each of the products concerned. Notifications shall include the quantities applied for under each quota number and CN code. Notifications shall be made on separate forms for each quota."  
(7) Article 16 is amended as follows: 
(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 
"1. Licences shall be issued by the competent authorities of the Member States 
within five working days following the fifth working day following the day of notification provided for in Article 15."  
(b) paragraph 2 is deleted; 
(c) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 
"3. Import licences shall be valid until the last day of each six-month period 
referred to in Article 14(1)." 
(8) Article 18 is amended as follows: 
(a) in paragraph 1, point (d) is replaced by the following: 
"(d) in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex XV; 
(b) paragraph 3 is deleted. 
(9) In Article 21, paragraph 3 is deleted. (10) In Article 25(2), the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following text: 
"The competent import licence issuing body shall retain the original of each IMA 1 
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(11) In Article 28, paragraph 3 is deleted. 
(12) In Article 32, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following text: 
"1. A copy of the IMA 1 certificate, duly authenticated, shall be presented, along with 
the corresponding import licence and the products to which they relate, to the 
customs authorities of the importing Member State at the time the declaration of release for free circulation is lodged. Without prejudice to Article 26(1), it shall be presented while it is still valid, except in cases of force majeure ." 
(13) Annex I.A is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation. 
(14) Annex I.D is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation (15) Annex I.H is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation. (16) Annex II.B is replaced by the text set out in Annex IV to this Regulation. (17) Annexes VI and VII are deleted. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
It shall apply from 1 January 2007.  
However, points (1), (2) and (4) to (9) of Article 1 shall apply from 1 July 2007 as regards the tariff 
quotas referred to in Annex I, parts A, F and H, to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001. 
Point (3) of Article 1 shall apply as regards applications for licences lodged as from 1 July 2007 
onwards. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2006. 
 For the Commission 
 Mariann FISCHER BOEL  Member of the Commission 29.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 387/5
 
 ANNEX I  
“I.A  
TARIFF QUOTAS NOT SPECIFIED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 
Quota nu mber  CN code  Descri ption (1) Cou ntry of origin  Annual quota 
 
 
In ton nes  Six-
m onthl y 
Quota 
In ton nes   I mport duty 
(EUR/10 0 kg net weight)  
09. 4 59 0  04 02  1 0 19  Skim me d-milk powder  All third countries   
68 5 37  
34 2 68, 5   47, 5 0 
0 9 .45 99  
 11 3 60 
 
 5 6 8 0  94, 8 0 
  04 05  1 0 11 
 04 05  1 0 19 
 04 05  1 0 30 
 
 04 05  1 0 50 
 04 05  1 0 90 
 04 05  9 0 10  (* ) 
 04 05  9 0 90  (* )Butter and other fat s and oils derive d 
from milk  All third countries  
 
in butter 
equivalent    
09. 4 59 1 ex  04 06  1 0 20 
ex  04 06  1 0 80 Piz z a cheese, f rozen, cut into pieces  each weighin g not more than 1 gram, in 
containers wi th a net content of 5 k g or 
m ore, of a w ater content, by weight , of 
52% or  more, and a f at content by weight in the dry matter of 3 8% or more
 All third countries  5  360  
 2 6 80  13, 0 0 
09. 4 59 2 ex  04 06  3 0 10  Proces sed Em m entaler  71, 9 0 
  04 06  9 0 13 Em m entaler  All third countries  18 4 38 
 
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 Quota nu mber  CN code  Descri ption (1) Cou ntry of origin  Annual quota 
 
 
In ton nes  Six-
m onthl y 
Quota 
In ton nes   I mport duty 
(EUR/10 0 kg net weight)  
09. 4 59 3 ex  04 06  3 0 10 Proces sed Gru yère  All third countries  5  413  
 2 7 0 6,5  71, 9 0 
  04 06  9 0 15 Gru yère, Sbrin z      85, 8 0 
09. 4 59 4  04 06  9 0 01  Che ese for pro cessing (2) All third countries  20 0 07 10 0 03, 5  83, 5 0 
09. 4 59 5  04 06  9 0 21 Che ddar All third countries  15 0 05 7 5 0 2,5  21, 0 0 
09. 4 59 6 ex  04 06  1 0 20 
  92, 6 0 
 ex  04 06  1 0 80 Fresh (unripened or uncure d) cheese, 
including whe y ch eese, and curd, other than pi zz a cheese of quota  
nu mber 09. 4 59 1
  10 6. 40 
  04 06  2 0 90 Other grated or powdered cheese  All third countries  19 5 25 9 7 6 2,5 
 94, 1 0 
  04 06  3 0 31 Other proces sed cheese      69, 0 0 
 04 06  3 0 39  71, 9 0 
 04 06  3 0 90     
 10 2, 90 
04 06  4 0 10 
04 06  4 0 50 04 06  4 0 90 Blue-vein ed che ese and other chees e containing v eins produced by Penic illi um 
ro qu ef ort i
     70, 4 0  
 04 06  9 0 17 Bergkä se and Ap penzell      85, 8 0 29.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 387/7
 
  
Quota nu mber  CN code  Descri ption (1) Cou ntry of 
origin Annual quota  Six-
m onthl y 
quota  I mport duty (EUR/100 kg 
net weight)  
09. 4 59 6  04 06  9 0 18  Fro mage Fribourgeois, Vacherin M ont 
d’Or and Tête de Moine  75, 5 0 
  04 06  9 0 23  Edam 
  04 06  9 0 25 Tilsit  
 04 06  9 0 27 Butter kä se  
 04 06  9 0 29 Kashk aval  
 0 4  06  90  32  Fe t a  
 04 06  9 0 35 Kefalo-Tyri  
 04 06  9 0 37 Finlandia   
 04 06  9 0 39 Jar ls berg      
 
  04 06  9 0 50 Che ese of sheep’s milk or  buf falo milk       
 ex  04 06  9 0 63 
 04 06  9 0 69 Pecorino 
Other     94, 1 0 
  04 06  9 0 73 Provolo ne      75, 5 0 
 ex  04 06  9 0 75 Cacioc avallo       
 ex  04 06  9 0 76 Danbo, Fontal, Fynbo, Havarti, 
Mari bo, Samsø       
  04 06  9 0 78 Gouda       
 
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 Quota nu mber  CN code  Descri ption (1) Cou ntry of 
origin Annual quota  Six-m onthl y 
quota  I mport duty (EUR/100 kg 
net weight)  
 ex  04 06  9 0 79  Esrom, Italico, Kernhem, Saint-Pau lin       
 ex  04 06  9 0 81 Cheshire, Wensle ydale, Lancashire,  
Double Gloucester, B la rne y, Colby,  
Montere y       
  04 06  9 0 82 Came mbert       
  04 06  9 0 84 Brie       
  04 06  9 0 86 Exceedi ng 47% but  not exceedin g 
52%      
  04 06  9 0 87 Exceedi ng 52% but  not exceedin g 
62%      
  04 06  9 0 88 Exceedi ng 62% but  not exceedin g 
72%      
  04 06  9 0 93 Exceedi ng 72%      92, 6 0 
  04 06  9 0 99  Other     10 6, 40 
(*)  1 kg prod u ct = 1. 22  kg b ut ter. 
(1) I r respective of the rules for t he i nte rpretat ion of the Comb ine d Nomenc lature, the wording of the prod uc t d escript ion  mus t be co nsi dered to ha ve mer el y indi ca tive value, s in ce t h e  
ap plic ab ility of the pref erential arran gements is determined i n t he con text of this Annex by the scope of the CN code. Where  e x  CN codes are indi ca ted, t he ap plic ab ility of the prefe rential 
scheme is determined  on t he bas is of t he CN code a nd  t he correspond ing de scrip tio n t a ken jo in tly. 
(2) The cheeses ref err ed to are considered as processed when they have be en processed in to prod uc ts falling withi n  sub head i ng 0 40 6 3 0 of t he Combi ne d Nomenclat ure. Articles 291 to 3 00 of  
R e g u l a t i o n ( E EC )  N o  245 4/ 93  a pp l y . ”  
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 ANNEX II  
"I. D  
TARIFF QUOTAS UNDER PROTOCOL 1 TO DECISION No 1/98 OF THE EC-TURKEY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL  
Quota 
number CN code Description 9 Country of origin Annual quota from 1 
January to 31 December 
(in tonnes) Import duty 
(EUR/100 kg 
net weight) 
0406 90 29 Kashkaval c heese 
 ex 0406 9 0 3 2 F eta ma de from sheep's mil k or b uffalo milk, i n co nt ai ners 
cont ai ni ng brine,  or i n s heepski n or g oatsk in  bo ttles 
0406 90 50 Other c heese made from sheep's milk  or buffalo milk , i n con ta iners 
cont ai ni ng brine,  or i n s heepski n or g oatsk in  bo ttles 09.4101 
ex0406 90  86 
ex0406 90  87 ex0406 90  88 Tulum Peyniri, ma de from sheep's mil k or b uffalo milk , i n 
in divi d ual plast ic or ot her k in d of pac ki ngs of less th an  1 0 kg Turkey 2300 
 0 
" 
                                                 
9 Not wi th standi n g the r ules for the in terpretation of the co m bined no me nclat ure, the w or ding for the description of t h e products  is to be considered as  
havi n g no more tha n a n i ndica tive val ue, t he applicabilit y  of  the pre ferential  sc he m e bei ng  deter mi ned, for t he purposes  of t hi s A n ne x, b y the  coverag e of  
the CN codes. Where ex C N codes are indicated, the applicabilit y of t he preferentia l sche m e is deter m i ned on the basis o f the C N code an d the  
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 ANNEX III  
  " I.H    
      
TARIFF QUOTAS UNDER ANN EX I TO THE AGRE E MENT WI TH THE KINGDO M OF NOR WAY 
      
      
Quota CN code Description  (1)  Customs d ut y   Quota from 1 July  to 30 J une 
number           
        quantitie s in  tonnes 
            
        annual six-monthly 
09.4 782  04 0 6 10   Fresh cheeses  
 
 533  266.5  
            
09.4 781  ex 040 6 90  23 Norw eg ian  Ed am  3467  1733 .5  
           
09. 4179 0406  90 39 Jarlsberg exemption  4000 2000 
           
  ex 040 6 90  78 Norw eg ian  Goud a      
           
  0406  90 86 Other cheeses      
  0406  90 87        
  0406  90 88         
      
(1) Notwithstanding the rules  for  the i nterpretation o f the  Co mbined No men cla ture, the wording of the  des cription  of the produc t s i s to be co nsidered 
 as having no m ore than  an indi cati ve value, the pre ferential arrange men ts  being de ter mined,  within th e context of  thi s  Annex, 
 by the coverage of the  CN codes.     
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 ANNEX IV  
"II. B 
PREFERENTIAL IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS — TURKEY 
Serial 
number CN code Description Country of origin Import duty 
(EUR/100 kg 
net weight 
without further 
indication) 
1 0406 90 29 Kashkaval Turkey 67,19
2 Ex 0406 9 0 3 2  
 
   ex0406 90 50 Feta made from sheep's milk or buffalo milk, in 
containers containing brine, or in sheep- or goatskin bottles 
 Other cheese made from sheep's milk or buffalo 
milk, in containers containing brine, or in sheepskin or goatskin bottles 
 Turkey 67,19
3 ex0406 90 86 
ex0406 90 87 
ex0406 90 88 Tulum peyniri , made from sheep's milk or buffalo 
milk, in individual plastic or other kind of packing 
of less than 10 kg Turkey 67,19
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