Commission Regulation (EC) No 148/2008 of 20 February 2008 amending Regulations (EC) No 900/2007 and 1060/2007 in order to clarify the status of the destinations excluded from the refunds on export of sugar
Date: 2008-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export restriction, intervention agency, sale, sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 148/2008

of 20 February 2008

amending Regulations (EC) No 900/2007 and 1060/2007 in order to clarify the status of the
destinations excluded from the refunds on export of sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(3)

(4)

Regulations (EC) No 900/2007 and 1060/2007 should
therefore be amended accordingly.

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of
the
20 February 2006 on the common organisation of
sector (1), and in particular Articles
markets
40(1)(g) and 40(2)(d) thereof,

in the sugar

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

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
end of the 2007/2008 marketing year (2) and Article 1
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007 of
14 September 2007 opening a standing invitation to
tender for the resale for export of sugar held by the
intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic,
Italy, Hungary, Slovakia and Sweden (3)
Ireland, Spain,
open respective standing invitations to tender for all
destinations excluding Andorra, Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla,
the Holy
Liechtenstein,
Communes of Livigno 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 (4), Montenegro and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

(Vatican City

State),

See

(2)

To avoid misinterpretation of the status of the excluded
destinations, it is appropriate to distinguish between third
countries, territories of EU Member States not forming
part of the customs territory of the Community and
European territories
relations a
for whose
Member State is responsible not forming part of the
customs territory of the Community.

external

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

(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 26. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1298/2007 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2007, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 242, 15.9.2007, p. 8. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1476/2007 (OJ L 329, 14.12.2007, p. 17).

(4) Including Kosovo, under

the United Nations,
pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

the auspices of

Article 1

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)

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

and

the

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

(c) European territories

for whose
Member State is responsible not
customs territory of the Community: Gibraltar.

external
forming part of

relations a
the

During the period of validity of
referred to in the first subparagraph, partial
tender shall be issued.

this standing invitation
invitations to

___________
(*) Including Kosovo, under

Nations, pursuant
1244 of 10 June 1999.’.

the auspices of

the United
to UN Security Council Resolution

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Article 2

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007, the third sub-
paragraph is replaced by the following:

the
Livigno and Campione d'Italia, and the areas of
Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the
Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control;

‘The destinations referred to in the first subparagraph shall
be:

(c) European territories

for whose
Member State is responsible not
customs territory of the Community: Gibraltar.

external
forming part of

relations a
the

(a)

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

and

the

___________
(*) Including Kosovo, under

Nations, pursuant
1244 of 10 June 1999.’.

the auspices of

the United
to UN Security Council Resolution

(b) territories of EU Member States not forming part of the
customs territory of the Community: the Faeroe Islands,
Greenland, Heligoland, Ceuta, Melilla, the communes of

Article 3

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, 20 February 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission