Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2012:555
Date: 2012-09-06
Language of the case: Latvian
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Accession;Agriculture and Fisheries;Sugar
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Latvia

Summary — Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber), 6 September 2012 Accession of new Member States — Act of Accession 2003 — Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Transitional measures in the sugar sector — Elimination of surplus stock — Regulation No 60/2004 — Charge on surplus stock — Setting the basis of assessment for the charge and its rate Commission Regulation No 60/2004, Art. 6(3), third para.) The third subparagraph of Article 6(3) of Regulation No 60/2004 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, as amended by Regulation No 1667/2005, must be interpreted as meaning that the basis of assessment for the charge payable on a surplus stock of sugar syrup (CN code 2106 90 59) is the quantity of white sugar (CN code 1701 99 10) actually contained in that product and the rate of that charge is the rate of the import charge applicable to white sugar, increased by EUR1.21/100 kg. (see paras 21-23, operative part)