Council Regulation (EC) No 671/2007 of 11 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of potato starch
Date: 2007-06-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural guidance, agricultural quota, marketing year, potato, starch

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 671/2007

of 11 June 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of
potato starch

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(3)

(4)

Producer Member States should allocate their quotas for
a period of two years among all potato starch manufac-
turers on the basis of the quotas for the 2006/2007
marketing year.

Quantities used by potato starch manufacturers in excess
of the sub-quotas available in the 2006/2007 marketing
year should be deducted in the 2007/2008 marketing
year in accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1868/94.

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

The Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 (2)
fixes the potato starch quotas for producer Member
States for the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 marketing
years.

Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1868/94 the
allocation of quotas within the
Community is based on a report from the Commission
to the Council. According to the report presented to the
Council, the recent reform of the common market orga-
nisation in the sugar sector should be taken into account
in the analysis of developments on the starch market.
fully
the
sugar
However,
transitional
applicable
period.
a
gradually
Therefore, pending indication of
the initial effects of
this reform on the potato starch sector, the quotas for
the 2006/2007 marketing year should be rolled over for
two more years.

reform would become
over

(1) Opinion of 24 April 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ L 197, 30.7.1994, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 941/2005 (OJ L 159, 22.6.2005, p. 1).

1. Articles 2 and 3 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

The potato starch producing Member States shall be
the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

1.
allocated quotas
marketing years in accordance with the Annex.

for

Each producer Member State referred to in the Annex
2.
shall allocate its quota among potato starch manufacturers
for use in the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years
on the basis of the sub-quotas available to each manufacturer
in 2006/2007, subject to application of the second subpara-
graph.

(1)

(2)

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the
The sub-quotas available for each manufacturer
2007/2008 marketing year
shall be adjusted to take
account of any amount used in excess of quota during the
2006/2007 marketing year in accordance with Article 6(2).

for

Article 3

The Commission shall present the Council, before 1 January
2009, with a report on the functioning of the quota system
appropriate
within the Community,
proposals. This report shall take account of developments
on the potato starch and cereal starch markets.’

accompanied

by

2. The Annex shall be replaced by the text appearing in the

Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2007.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 11 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

H. SEEHOFER

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Potato starch quotas for the 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years

(tonnes)

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Spain

France

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

33 660

168 215

656 298

250

1 943

265 354

5 778

1 211

507 403

47 691

144 985

729

53 178

62 066

Total

1 948 761’