COMMISSION  REGULATION (EC) No 2454/95 of 19 October 1995 opening the procedure for the allocation of export  licences for cheeses to be exported in 1996 to the United States of America under the additional  quota resulting from the GATT Agreements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 of 27 June 1995 laying down special detailed  rules of application for export refunds on milk and milk products  (1), as amended by Regulation  (EC) No 2452/95  (2), and in particular Article 9a (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 9a of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 provides that export licences for cheeses exported  to the United States of America as part of the additional quota under the Agreements concluded  during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (hereinafter known as 'the Agreements`)  may be allocated according to a special procedure by which preferred importers in the United States  may be designated; whereas that procedure should be opened for exports during 1996 and the  additional rules relating to it should be determined; whereas, given the time limit for  notification of the preferred importers in the United States, the procedure should be opened  without delay;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Export licences for products falling within CN code 0406 to be  exported in 1996 to the United States of America under the additional quota resulting from the  Agreements as referred to in Annex II shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Article  9a of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95.
Applications for provisional licences shall be lodged with the competent authorities  before 26 October 1995. They shall not be admissible unless they contain all the details referred  to in Article 9a (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 and the documents mentioned therein. Those  details shall be presented in accordance with the model shown in Annex I.
Member States shall notify the Commission within five working days of the end of the  period for lodging applications of the applications lodged for each of the groups of products  covered by the American quota indicated in Annex II. Notification shall comprise for each group:
-  a list of applicants,
-  the quantities applied for by each applicant broken down by code of the export refund  nomenclature for milk products and by their description in accordance with the 'Harmonized Tariff  Schedule of the United States of America (1995)`,
-  the quantities of those products exported by the applicant during the previous three years,
-  the name and address of the importer designated by the applicant.
All notifications, including 'nil` notifications, shall be made by telex or fax, on the working  days stipulated, on the model form shown in Annex III.
The Commission shall, pursuant to Article 9a (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95,  determine the allocation of licences without delay and shall notify the Member States thereof by 15  November 1995 at the latest.
The information referred to in Article 3 shall be verified before the final licences  are issued and by 31 December 1995 at the latest.
Where it is found that incorrect information has been supplied by an operator to whom a provisional  licence has been issued, the licence shall be cancelled and the security forfeited.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.