5.5 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 114/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1150/90 of 4 May 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements applicable to imports of certain milk products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul- tural products -and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural goods originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ("), and in particular Article 27 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27_June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 3879/89 (%), and in particular Article 28 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 established, inter alia, arrangements for reducing import levies on certain products in the milk and milk products sector within the limit of a quota ; whereas detailed rules for the application of that Regulation should be adopted as regards- the milk products concerned with a view to administering the quota concened ; whereas those detailed rules are either supplementary. to or derogate from Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the. system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1903/89 (%); Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the quota, a security should- be required- for -applications: for - import licences and certain conditions should be laid down as regards applicants themselves ; whereas the quota and the period during which licences one valid should be staggered over the year; ’ ‘ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in- accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, () OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 378, 27. 12. 1989, p. 1. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 184, 30. 6. 1989, p. 22. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 All imports into the Community under Regulation (EEC) No 815/90 of products covered by CN codes 0402 and’ 0406 shall be subject to the submission of an import licence. Licences shall be issued under the conditions laid down in this Regulation and within the limit of the quota fixed by Regulation (EEC) No -715/90. Article 2 1. The overall quota of 500 tonnes referred to ‘in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 815/90 shall be stag- gered over the year as follows : — 50% in the period 1 January to 30 June, — 50 % in the period 1 July to 31 December. 2.  However, the following shall apply for 1990 : — 50 % in the period 1 April to 31 July 1990, — 50 % in the period 1 August to 31 December-1990. Article 3 In order to - qualify under the import . arrangements: provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 : (a) applicants for an import licence must be natural or legal persons who, at the time the application- is submitted must prove to -the satisfaction of the competent authorities in the Member States that they have been engaged in commercial activity in the milk and milk products sector for at least the preceding 12 months ; ' (b) an application for-a licence may relate to the quota provided for in Article’ 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 for a licence. I may comprise several products covered by CN .codes 0402 and 0406 exported from one of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) or in overseas.countries and territories (OCT). - In such cases, all the CN codes shall be indicated in section 16 and their description in section 15; (c) section 7 of licence applications and licences shall show the country which certified the origin of the product in question ; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from the country indicated ;