Commission Regulation (EC) No 1541/2006 of 13 October 2006 fixing the coefficient for establishing the withdrawal threshold referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 493/2006
Date: 2006-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, common organisation of markets, regulation of agricultural production, sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1541/2006

of 13 October 2006

fixing the coefficient for establishing the withdrawal threshold referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
(EC) No 493/2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 of
27 March 2006 laying down transitional measures within the
framework of the reform of the common organisation of the
markets in the sugar sector, and amending Regulations (EC) No
1265/2001 and (EC) No 314/2002 (2), and in particular Article
3(2)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 lays down
that for each undertaking, the share of the production
of sugar,
isoglucose or inulin syrup in the 2006/07
marketing year which is produced under the quotas set
in Annex IV to that Regulation and which exceeds a
certain threshold shall be considered withdrawn within
the meaning of Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No
318/2006.

establishing the

the purposes of

For
threshold in
question, a coefficient must be fixed no later than 15
the quotas
October 2006 by dividing the sum of
renounced in the 2006/07 marketing year
in the
Member State concerned, under Article 3 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 of 20 February 2006
establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring
of the sugar industry in the Community and amending
Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the
common agricultural policy (3), by the sum of the quotas
fixed for that Member State in Annex IV to Regulation
(EC) No 493/2006.

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 89, 28.3.2006, p. 11. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 769/2006 (OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 19).

(3) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42.

of

for

aid

financial

restructuring

resources
the

In fixing that coefficient, account should be taken of the
Commission Communication of 29 September 2006 on
the estimated availability of
for
2006/07
granting
marketing year, in the framework of the implementation
of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a
temporary scheme for the restructuring of
the sugar
industry in the Community (4), which was adopted in
accordance with Article 10(2) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 968/2006 of 27 June 2006 laying down detailed
rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC)
No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the
restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community (5).

(4)

The coefficient for establishing the withdrawal threshold
for the 2006/07 marketing year should therefore be
fixed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The coefficient referred to in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 493/2006 shall be fixed by Member State as follows:

(a) Belgium: 0,1945;

(b) Spain: 0,0863;

(c) France (mainland): 0,0074;

(d) Ireland: 1,0000;

(e)

Italy: 0,4936;

(f) Netherlands: 0,0848;

(g) Portugal: 0,4422;

(h) Sweden: 0,1156;

(i) other Member States: 0,0000.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(4) OJ C 234, 29.9.2006, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 32.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 October 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission