Document ID: 32006R0705

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 705/2006
of 8 May 2006
amending Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, 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 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The quantities for resale currently set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 (2) reflect the situation of the intervention stocks on 31 December 2005. Since that date, important quantities have been accepted by the intervention agencies of some of those Member States and also by Germany and Slovenia.
(2)
Those quantities should be included in the offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market.
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 should be amended accordingly.
(4)
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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 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, Germany, 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 1 493 136,672 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and available for sale on the internal market. The Member States concerned and the quantities involved are laid down in Annex I’.
3.
Annex I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 8 May 2006.

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