CELEX: 32006R1555
Language: en
Date: 2006-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1555/2006 of 18 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 on opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden

19.10.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 288/3
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1555/2006
   of 18 October 2006
   amending Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 on opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 40(2)(d) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The quantities for resale stated in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 (2) reflect the state of the intervention stocks on 30 June 2006. Since this date, quantities have been sold by the intervention agencies and in the case of Germany, there are no intervention stocks remaining.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 of 13 October 2006 adopting a plan allocating resources to the Member States to be charged against the 2007 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community (3) states that 33 224 tonnes of sugar in storage must be withdrawn from the Community's intervention stocks for distribution in the Member States in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               These quantities should be taken into account in the sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               In order to ensure proper management of sugar in storage, provision should be made for a communication from the Member States on the quantities actually sold.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 should be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               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
   Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 is amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               The title is replaced by the following:
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Article 1 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 1
               The intervention agencies of Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market a total quantity of 899 896,41 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and available for sale on the internal market. The quantities involved per Member State are set out in Annex I.’.
            
         
               3.
            
            
               The following paragraph is added to Article 4:
               ‘3.   On the fifth working day at the latest after the Commission fixes the minimum sale price, the intervention agencies involved shall communicate to the Commission, in the form laid down in Annex III, the quantity actually sold by partial invitation to tender.’.
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
            
         
               5.
            
            
               An Annex III of which the text is set out in Annex II to this Regulation is added.
            
         Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication 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, 18 October 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 3.
   
      (3)  OJ L 283, 14.10.2006, p. 14.
   
      ANNEX I
      
         
            ‘ANNEX I
            Member States holding intervention sugar
            
                        Member State
                     
                     
                        Intervention agency
                     
                     
                        Quantities held by the intervention agency and available for the sale on the internal market
                     
                  
                        Belgium
                     
                     
                        
                                    Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belge
                                 
                              
                                    Rue de Trèves, 82
                                 
                              
                                    B-1040 Bruxelles
                                 
                              
                                    Tél. (32-2) 287 24 11
                                 
                              
                                    Fax (32-2) 287 25 24
                                 
                              
                     
                        28 648,00
                     
                  
                        Czech Republic
                     
                     
                        
                                    Státní zemědělský intervenční fond, oddělení pro cukr a škrob
                                 
                              
                                    Ve Smečkách 33
                                 
                              
                                    CZ-11000 PRAHA 1
                                 
                              
                                    Tél. (420) 222 87 14 27
                                 
                              
                                    Fax (420) 222 87 18 75
                                 
                              
                     
                        34 156,72
                     
                  
                        Spain
                     
                     
                        
                                    Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria
                                 
                              
                                    Beneficencia, 8
                                 
                              
                                    E-28004 Madrid
                                 
                              
                                    Tel (34) 913 47 64 66
                                 
                              
                                    Fax (34) 913 47 63 97
                                 
                              
                     
                        77 334,00
                     
                  
                        Ireland
                     
                     
                        
                                    Intervention Section
                                 
                              
                                    On Farm Investment
                                 
                              
                                    Subsidies and Storage Division
                                 
                              
                                    Department of Agriculture and Food
                                 
                              
                                    Johnstown Castle Estate
                                 
                              
                                    Wexford
                                 
                              
                                    Ireland
                                 
                              
                                    Tel. (353) 536 34 37
                                 
                              
                                    Fax (353) 914 28 43
                                 
                              
                     
                        12 000,00
                     
                  
                        Italy
                     
                     
                        
                                    AGEA — Agenzia per le erogazioni in agricoltura
                                 
                              
                                    Ufficio ammassi pubblici e privati e alcool
                                 
                              
                                    Via Torino, 45
                                 
                              
                                    I-00185 Roma
                                 
                              
                                    Tel.: (39) 06 49 499 558
                                 
                              
                                    Fax: (39) 06 49 499 761
                                 
                              
                     
                        494 011,70
                     
                  
                        Hungary
                     
                     
                        
                                    Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal (MVH), Budapest
                                 
                              
                                    (Agricultural and Rural Development Agency)
                                 
                              
                                    Soroksári út 22–24
                                 
                              
                                    H-1095 Budapest
                                 
                              
                                    Tél. (36-1) 219 62 13
                                 
                              
                                    Fax (36-1) 219 89 05 or (36-1) 219 62 59
                                 
                              
                     
                        141 942,90
                     
                  
                        Poland
                     
                     
                        
                                    Agencja Rynku Rolnego
                                 
                              
                                    Biuro Cukru
                                 
                              
                                    Dział Dopłat i Interwencji
                                 
                              
                                    Nowy Świat 6/12
                                 
                              
                                    00-400 Warszawa
                                 
                              
                                    Tel.: (48-22) 661 71 30
                                 
                              
                                    Faks: (48-22) 661 72 77
                                 
                              
                     
                        13 118,00
                     
                  
                        Slovenia
                     
                     
                        
                                    Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja
                                 
                              
                                    Dunajska 160
                                 
                              
                                    SI-1000 Ljubljana
                                 
                              
                                    Tel. (386-1) 580 77 92
                                 
                              
                                    Faks (386-1) 478 92 06
                                 
                              
                     
                        5 647,00
                     
                  
                        Slovakia
                     
                     
                        
                                    Podohospodarska platobna agentura
                                 
                              
                                    Oddelenie cukru a ostatných komodit
                                 
                              
                                    Dobrovičova, 12
                                 
                              
                                    SK – 815 26 Bratislava
                                 
                              
                                    Tél (4214) 58 24 32 55
                                 
                              
                                    Fax (4212) 53 41 26 65
                                 
                              
                     
                        34 000,00
                     
                  
                        Sweden
                     
                     
                        
                                    Jordbruksverket
                                 
                              
                                    Vallgatan 8
                                 
                              
                                    S-55182 Jönköping
                                 
                              
                                    Tfn: (46-36) 15 50 00
                                 
                              
                                    Fax: (46-36) 19 05 46
                                 
                              
                     
                        59 038,00’
                     
                  
      
   
   
      ANNEX II
      
         
            ‘ANNEX III
            Model for the notification to the Commission as referred to in Article 4(3)
            Form (1)
            
            Partial invitation to tender of … for the resale of sugar held by the intervention agencies
            (Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006)
            
                        1
                     
                     
                        2
                     
                  
                        Member State selling intervention sugar
                     
                     
                        Quantity actually sold (in tonnes)
                     
                  
      
      
         (1)  To be faxed to the following number: (32-2) 292 10 34.’