Council Regulation (EC) No 2011/2006Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 1 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as amended, including by the 2005 Act of Accession, is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 71c, the following paragraph shall be inserted after the first paragraph:

‘In the case of Bulgaria and Romania, the schedule of increments provided for under Article 143a shall apply for sugar and chicory.’;

2.

Article 143ba shall be amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1, the text after the first sentence is shall be replaced by the following:

‘It shall be granted in respect of a representative period which could be different for each product of one or more of the marketing years 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 to be determined by Member States before 30 April 2006, and on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as:

• the quantities of sugar beet, cane or chicory covered by delivery contracts concluded in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 or Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as appropriate,

• the quantities of sugar or inulin syrup produced in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 or Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as appropriate,

• the average number of hectares under sugar beet, cane or chicory used for the production of sugar or inulin syrup and covered by delivery contracts concluded in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 or Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as appropriate.

However, where the representative period includes the marketing year 2006/2007, this marketing year shall be replaced by the marketing year 2005/2006 for farmers affected by a renunciation of quota in the marketing year 2006/2007 as provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006.

In the case of Bulgaria and Romania:

(a)

the date of 30 April 2006 referred to in the first subparagraph shall be replaced by 15 February 2007;

(b)

the separate sugar payment may be granted in respect of the years from 2007 until 2011;

(c)

the representative period referred to in the first subparagraph may be different for each product of one or more of the marketing years 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2007/2008;

(d)

where the representative period includes the marketing year 2007/2008, this marketing year shall be replaced by the marketing year 2006/2007 for farmers affected by a renunciation of quota in the marketing year 2007/2008 as provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006.’;

(b)

the following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 3:

‘3a. For 2007, for Bulgaria and Romania, the date of 31 March referred to in the paragraph 3 shall be replaced by 15 February 2007.’;

3.

Annexes VII, VIIIa and XIa shall be amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.