# Commission Regulation (EC) No 957/2009 of 14 October 2009 establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 under certain GATT quotas EU Regulation No 957/2009 ยท adopted 14 October 2009 Commission Regulation (EC) No 957/2009 of 14 October 2009 establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 under certain GATT quotas ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EC) No 957/2009 of 14 October 2009 establishing the allocation coefficient to be applied to applications for export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 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 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 of 17 August 2006 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards export licences and export refunds for milk and milk products, and in particular Article 25(1) and (3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 671/2009 of 24 July 2009 opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 under certain GATT quotas opens the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2010 under the GATT quotas referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006. (2) Applications for export licences for certain quotas and product groups exceed the quantities available for the 2010 quota year. Allocation coefficients as provided for in Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 should therefore be established. (3) In the case of product groups and quotas for which the applications lodged are for quantities less than those available, it is appropriate, in accordance with Article 25(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006, to provide for the allocation of the remaining quantities to the applicants in proportion to the quantities applied for. The allocation of such further quantities should be conditional upon the competent authority being notified of the quantities accepted by the operator concerned and upon the interested operators lodging a security. (4) Given the time limit for carrying out the procedure for establishing those coefficients, as provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 671/2009, this Regulation should apply as soon as possible, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: ## 1 Applications for export licences lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 671/2009 in respect of the product groups and quotas identified by 16-Tokyo, 16-, 17-, 18-, 20- and 21-Uruguay, and 25-Tokyo in column 3 of the Annex to this Regulation shall be accepted, subject to the application of the allocation coefficients in column 5 of that Annex. ## 2 Applications for export licences lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 671/2009 in respect of the product groups and quotas identified by 22-Tokyo, 22- and 25-Uruguay in column 3 of the Annex to this Regulation shall be accepted for the quantities requested. Export licences may be issued for further quantities distributed in accordance with the allocation coefficients in column 6 of the Annex, after acceptance by the operator within one week of publication of this Regulation and subject to the lodging of the security applicable. ## 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. ## Signature This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 October 2009. For the Commission Jean-Luc Demarty Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development ## Identification of group in accordance with Additional Notes in Chapter 4 of the Harmonised Tariff Schedule of the United States Identification of group and quota Quantity available for 2010(in tonnes) Allocation coefficient provided for under Article 1 Allocation coefficient provided for under Article 2 Note No Group (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 16 Not specifically provided for (NSPF) 16-Tokyo 908,877 0,2475189 16-Uruguay 3 446,0 0,1468871 17 Blue Mould 17-Uruguay 350,0 0,0806452 18 Cheddar 18-Uruguay 1 050,0 0,2685422 20 Edam/Gouda 20-Uruguay 1 100,0 0,1510989 21 Italian type 21-Uruguay 2 025,0 0,0887769 22 Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese other than with eye formation 22-Tokyo 393,006 2,62004 22-Uruguay 380,0 3,8 25 Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese with eye formation 25-Tokyo 4 003,172 0,9702307 25-Uruguay 2 420,0 1,5765472 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/957 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-957 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.