Commission Regulation (EC) No 1609/2005

of 30 September 2005

reducing, for the 2005/06 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas scheme for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under the preferential import arrangements

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 Articles 10(6) and 39(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 10(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 lay down that the guaranteed quantity under production quotas should be reduced before 1 October each marketing year if the forecasts for the year in question show an exportable balance (attracting a refund) greater than the maximum laid down by the Agriculture Agreement concluded under Article 300(2) of the Treaty.

(2) The forecasts for the 2005/06 marketing year indicate an exportable balance exceeding the maximum laid down by the Agriculture Agreement. It is therefore necessary to set the overall reduction of the guaranteed quantity and divide it up between sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup on the one hand and the production regions concerned on the other, using the coefficients provided for in Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

(3) In accordance with Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, each Member State must then allocate the difference to which it is subject among the producer undertakings established on its territory on the basis of the existing ratio between their A and B quotas for the product in question and the basic quantity A and the basic quantity B for the Member State for this product.

(4) Article 39(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 lays down that a reduction in the guaranteed quantity entails a reduction in the presumed maximum raw sugar needs of Community refineries for the marketing year in question. It is therefore necessary to set the corresponding reduction for these needs and to allocate it among the Member States concerned.

(5) The time-limits by which the Member States must establish the reductions applying to each undertaking on their territory should be set.

(6) In view of the deadline imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, this Regulation must enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(7) The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time-limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1U.K.

1.Pursuant to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the guaranteed quantity under production quotas for the 2005/06 marketing year shall be reduced by 1 891 747,7 tonnes in white sugar equivalent.

2.The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 and the basic quantities used, once reduced, to allocate the production quotas to producer undertakings for the 2005/06 marketing year shall be those set out in part A of the Annex, broken down by product and by region.

3.The Member States shall establish before 1 November 2005 the specific reduction for each producer undertaking to which a production quota for the 2005/06 marketing year has been assigned, and its A and B quotas adjusted in accordance with this reduction.

Article 2U.K.

1.Pursuant to Article 39(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the presumed maximum supply needs of Community refineries for the 2005/06 marketing year shall be reduced by 14 676 tonnes in white sugar equivalent.

2.The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated among the Member States in accordance with Part B of the Annex.

Article 3U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 30 September 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

ANNEXU.K.

PART A: Breakdown by product and by region of the reductions in the guaranteed quantities and the basic quantities used to allocate the A and B production quotas after reduction of the guaranteed quantityU.K.

1.

For sugar (in tonnes of white sugar)

a

Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

b

Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union.

RegionsReduction for sugarBasic quantities for sugar
ABAB
Czech Republic18 207,7563,5423 001,313 089,5
Denmark45 264,613 335,2279 735,482 410,3
Germany374 034,5115 090,32 238 878,8688 891,9
Greece20 550,02 055,2268 088,026 808,6
Spain44 022,11 833,1913 060,338 045,4
France (metropolitan)a354 766,7105 215,32 181 720,7647 044,2
French (overseas departments)a32 108,23 433,1401 763,842 939,4
Ireland12 898,21 289,5168 247,016 825,0
Italy137 245,825 812,61 173 658,1220 726,7
Latvia1 806,03,664 594,0101,4
Lithuania2 719,8—100 290,2—
Hungary11 182,534,3389 271,51 195,7
Netherlands88 833,423 430,5595 279,0157 016,6
Austria37 722,98 804,1276 306,064 493,4
Poland84 735,74 930,31 495 264,386 995,7
Portugal (mainland)3 864,8386,559 515,45 951,5
Portugal (the autonomous region of the Azores)644,765,08 403,5839,8
Slovenia3 438,6343,144 718,44 472,9
Slovakia13 015,61 211,8176 744,416 460,2
Finland9 456,0944,5123 350,312 335,9
Sweden23 836,92 383,9310 947,331 094,1
BLEUb76 867,116 504,7598 038,4128 401,4
United Kingdom73 699,57 370,1961 415,996 141,4

2.

For isoglucose (in tonnes of dry matter)

a

Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union.

RegionsReduction for isoglucoseBasic quantities for isoglucose
ABAB
Germany3 868,6911,124 774,75 834,4
Greece1 409,4331,99 025,62 125,6
Spain6 165,4657,768 454,27 301,7
France (metropolitan)2 266,7590,013 480,43 508,6
Italy2 219,3522,614 212,83 347,2
Hungary8 899,9697,3118 727,19 302,7
Netherlands994,7234,36 369,91 500,2
Poland1 698,1127,523 212,91 742,5
Portugal (mainland)1 084,1255,36 942,91 635,0
Slovakia3 560,3476,833 961,74 548,2
Finland859,286,09 932,8993,7
BLEUa8 370,12 301,747 780,513 139,3
United Kingdom3 143,7838,518 358,34 896,8

3.

For inulin syrup (in tonnes of tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent)

a

Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union.

RegionsReduction for inulin syrupBasic quantities for inulin syrup
ABAB
France (metropolitan)1 956,8459,917 890,34 214,3
Netherlands6 454,91 515,959 064,513 914,6
BLEUa18 473,74 349,0155 744,936 679,2

PART B: Breakdown by Member State of the reduction in the presumed maximum supply needs of refineriesU.K.

(Unit: tonnes of white sugar)
ReductionMaximum needs prior to application of the reduction
Metropolitan France2 423294 204
Mainland Portugal2 383289 250
Slovenia16019 425
Finland49059 435
United Kingdom9 2201 119 361
(1)

OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).