Commission Regulation (EC) No 1298/2007 of 6 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 in order to distinguish between third countries and territories of European Union Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community
Date: 2007-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, customs territory (EU), export refund, third country, white sugar

7.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 289/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1298/2007

of 6 November 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 in order to distinguish between third countries and
territories of European Union Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the
Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

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 Article 40(1)(g) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

sugar

covered

to determine

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007
of 27 July 2007 on a standing invitation to tender to
determine refunds on exports of white sugar until the
the 2007/2008 marketing year (2) opens a
end of
standing invitation to tender
export
by CN code
refunds
on white
excluding Andorra,
1701 99 10 for all destinations
the Holy See (Vatican City
Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla,
State),
and
Campione d’Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands,
the areas of Cyprus in which the Government of the
Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control,
Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia (3),
Montenegro and the
former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia.

Liechtenstein, Communes

Livigno

of

To avoid misinterpretation of the status of these desti-
nations,
it is appropriate to distinguish between third
countries and territories of European Union Member
States not forming part of the customs territory of the
Community.

Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 900/2007, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:

‘1.
A standing invitation to tender shall be opened in
order to determine export refunds on white sugar covered
by CN code 1701 99 10 for all destinations excluding:

(a)

the Holy See (Vatican City
third countries: Andorra,
State), Liechtenstein, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herze-
govina,
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Serbia (*) and Montenegro;

(b) territories of EU Member States not forming part of the
the Community: Gibraltar, Ceuta,
customs territory of
Melilla,
the Communes of Livigno and Campione
d’Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands and the
areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government
of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective
control.

During the period of validity of
referred to in the first subparagraph, partial
tender shall be issued.
___________
(*) Including Kosovo, under

this standing invitation
invitations to

the auspices of

the United
to UN Security Council Resolution

Nations, pursuant
1244 of 10 June 1999.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1182/2007 (OJ L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 26.
(3) Including Kosovo, under the aegis of the United Nations, pursuant to

UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.