Commission Regulation (EC) No 189/2007 of 23 February 2007 suspending the application of import duties on certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2006/2007 marketing year

24.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 57/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 189/2007
of 23 February 2007
suspending the application of import duties on certain quantities of industrial sugar for the 2006/2007 marketing year
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 markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 40(1)(c) and (e)(i) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under Article 26(3) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, in order to guarantee the supply necessary for the production of the products referred to in Article 13(2) of that Regulation, the Commission may suspend in whole or in part for certain quantities the application of import duties on sugar.
(2) In order to guarantee the supply necessary for the production of the products referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, it is in the interest of the Community to suspend completely the application of import duties on industrial sugar intended for the production of those products for the 2006/07 marketing year.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2) applies without prejudice to additional conditions or derogations which might be laid down by the sectoral regulations. In particular, in order to ensure fluid supply to the Community market, it is appropriate to maintain the intervals at which import licence applications are to be submitted as provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (3), and it is therefore necessary to derogate from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006.
(4) To facilitate management and ensure monitoring and control of the quantities imported, the period of validity of import licences for sugar benefiting from the suspension of the application of import duties should be limited to the end of the 2006/2007 marketing year and the issue of import licences should be restricted to users of industrial sugar. These do not necessarily trade with third countries, and it is therefore necessary to derogate from Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006.
(5) The provisions on the management of the industrial raw material and the obligations on processors laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 of 29 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards sugar production in excess of the quota (4) should apply to the quantities imported under this Regulation.
(6) The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,