# C_2015152EN.01000301.xml

| 8.5.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 152/3 |
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8.5.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 152/3

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Notice from the Commission on the carry-forward of sugar and isoglucose produced in excess of the quota during the 2016/17 marketing year

(2015/C 152/04)

| 1. | The aim of this Notice is to communicate the Commission’s view on the interpretation and application of certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1). This Notice does not set out to either revise that Regulation or to encroach on the Court of Justice’s jurisdiction in matters of interpretation. |
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The aim of this Notice is to communicate the Commission’s view on the interpretation and application of certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1). This Notice does not set out to either revise that Regulation or to encroach on the Court of Justice’s jurisdiction in matters of interpretation.

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| 2. | In accordance with Article 141 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, each undertaking may decide to carry forward all or part of its production in excess of its sugar quota, its isoglucose quota or its inulin syrup quota to be treated as part of the next marketing year’s production. The quantities thus carried forward shall be deemed to be the first quantities produced under the quota of the following marketing year. |
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In accordance with Article 141 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, each undertaking may decide to carry forward all or part of its production in excess of its sugar quota, its isoglucose quota or its inulin syrup quota to be treated as part of the next marketing year’s production. The quantities thus carried forward shall be deemed to be the first quantities produced under the quota of the following marketing year.

| 3. | The quota system referred to in Article 134(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall apply until the end of the 2016/17 marketing year as provided for in Article 124 and Article 232(3) of that Regulation. Consequently, there will be no quota system applicable to the sugar sector in the 2017/18 marketing year. |
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The quota system referred to in Article 134(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall apply until the end of the 2016/17 marketing year as provided for in Article 124 and Article 232(3) of that Regulation. Consequently, there will be no quota system applicable to the sugar sector in the 2017/18 marketing year.

| 4. | Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 does not establish any specific provisions or provide for particular derogations regarding the application of the carry-forward rules provided for in Article 141 of that Regulation at the end of the quota regime. |
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Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 does not establish any specific provisions or provide for particular derogations regarding the application of the carry-forward rules provided for in Article 141 of that Regulation at the end of the quota regime.

| 5. | The Commission considers that Article 141(1), in conjunction with Article 124 and Article 232(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, allows operators to decide to carry forward quantities of sugar and isoglucose produced in excess of the quotas for the 2016/17 marketing year to the 2017/18 marketing year, even if production is no longer subject to quota in 2017/18. |
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The Commission considers that Article 141(1), in conjunction with Article 124 and Article 232(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, allows operators to decide to carry forward quantities of sugar and isoglucose produced in excess of the quotas for the 2016/17 marketing year to the 2017/18 marketing year, even if production is no longer subject to quota in 2017/18.

| 6. | The Commission will closely monitor the effects of the carry-forward and will take the appropriate measures should the use of the carry-forward significantly disturb or threaten to disturb the market. |
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The Commission will closely monitor the effects of the carry-forward and will take the appropriate measures should the use of the carry-forward significantly disturb or threaten to disturb the market.

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(1)  Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).

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