Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2006 of 18 August 2006 fixing the complementary quantity of raw cane-sugar originating in the ACP States and India for supply to refineries in the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 September 2007
Date: 2006-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, India, cane sugar, originating product, raw sugar, sugar industry, supply

L 227/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.8.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1249/2006

of 18 August 2006

fixing the complementary quantity of raw cane-sugar originating in the ACP States and India for
supply to refineries in the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 September 2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20
February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 29(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 29(4) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 lays down
that, during the 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009
marketing years and in order to ensure adequate supply
import duties on a comple-
to Community refineries,
mentary quantity of
imports of raw cane-sugar origi-
nating in the States referred to in Annex VI to that
Regulation are to be suspended.

That complementary quantity should be calculated in
accordance with Article 19 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down
detailed rules of
the 2006/2007,
application for
2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years for the
the sugar sector
import and refining of products of
under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2),
on the basis of a Community forecast supply balance of
raw sugar. For
the
balance indicates the need to import a complementary
quantity of raw sugar so that the Community refineries'
supply needs can be met.

the 2006/2007 marketing year,

the 15-month period of

allocated between the third countries concerned in a
way to ensure full delivery. For India,
it is considered
appropriate to maintain an annual quantity of 10 000
tonnes, extrapolated to 12 500 tonnes to take into
account
the 2006/2007
marketing year. As regards the remaining supply need,
a global quantity should be fixed for the ACP States,
collectively undertaken to implement
which have
between themselves procedures for the allocation of the
quantities in order to ensure the appropriate supply of
the refineries.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 September 2007, the
complementary quantity of raw cane-sugar for refining falling
within CN code 1701 11 10, as referred to in Article 29(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, shall be:

(a) 70 000 tonnes expressed as white sugar originating in the
States listed in Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006
except India;

(b) 12 500 tonnes expressed as white sugar originating in India.

(3)

To ensure that refineries within the Community have a
sufficient supply of raw sugar to fulfil their traditional
the complementary quantity should be
supply needs,

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 1.