Article 1 Opening of tariff quotas for the import of raw cane sugar for refining
1. For the marketing year 2006/2007, tariff quotas for a total of 396 288 tonnes in white sugar equivalent for the import from any third country of raw cane sugar for refining falling within CN code 1701 11 10 shall be opened at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne. The quantity to be imported shall be distributed as follows: — Bulgaria: 149 061 tonnes, — Romania: 247 227 tonnes. 2. For each of the marketing years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009, tariff quotas for a total of 528 384 tonnes in white sugar equivalent for the import from any third country of raw cane sugar for refining falling within CN code 1701 11 10 shall be opened at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne. The quantities to be imported shall for each marketing year be distributed as follows: — Bulgaria: 198 748 tonnes, — Romania: 329 636 tonnes. 3. The duty of EUR 98 per tonne provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply to standard quality raw sugar as defined in Annex I, point III, to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006. Where the polarimetric reading of the imported raw sugar departs from 96 degrees, the duty of EUR 98 per tonne shall be increased or reduced, as appropriate, by 0,14 % per tenth of a degree difference established. 4. Quantities imported under the tariff quotas provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall bear the order numbers shown in Annex I.
Article 2 Application of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006
The rules on import licences and traditional supply needs laid down in Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 shall apply to the imports of sugar under the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation, save as otherwise provided for in Article 3 of this Regulation.
Article 3 Import licences
1. Import licence applications for the quantities referred to in Article 1 shall be submitted to the competent authorities of Bulgaria and Romania as appropriate. 2. Import licence applications may be submitted only by full-time refiners which are established on the territory of Bulgaria and Romania and which are approved in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006. 3. Import licence applications and licences shall contain the following entries: (a) in boxes 17 and 18: the quantities of raw sugar, in white sugar equivalent, which may not exceed the quantities for Bulgaria and Romania respectively indicated in Article 1(1) and (2); (b) in box 20: the marketing year to which they relate and at least one of the entries listed in part A of Annex II; (c) in box 24 (in the case of licences): at least one of the entries listed in part B of Annex II. 4. Import licences issued under this Regulation shall be valid only for imports into the Member State in which they are issued. They shall be valid until the end of the marketing year for which they are issued. 5. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 4(2), the Commission may, if necessary, amend the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article.
Article 4 Management Committee for Sugar
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Sugar. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply. 3. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
Article 5 Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .