Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation:

1. (a)

   ‘refiner’ means any person bringing in imports for the purpose of supplying a refinery within the meaning of the fourth subparagraph of Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001;

2. (b)

   ‘ACP-India preferential sugar’ means the cane sugar referred to in Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001;

3. (c)

   ‘special preferential sugar’ means the raw cane sugar referred to in Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001;

4. (d)

   ‘CXL concessions sugar’ means the raw cane sugar shown in Schedule CXL (European Communities) referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1095/96;

5. (e)

   ‘ACP Protocol’ means Protocol 3 on ACP sugar in Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement;

6. (f)

   ‘Agreement with India’ means the Agreement between the Community and India on cane sugar;

7. (g)

   ‘delivery period’ means the period defined in the context of commitments regarding ACP-India preferential sugar;

8. (h)

   ‘consignment’ means a quantity of sugar on a specified vessel which is actually unloaded at a European port determined by the Community;

9. (i)

   ‘tel quel’ weight means the weight of the sugar in the natural state;

10. (j)

    ‘the degree of polarisation shown’ means the actual polarimetric reading of the raw sugar imported, verified where necessary by the competent national authorities using the polarimetric method, and expressed in degrees to six decimal placesF1;

11. (k)

    F2‘ working day ’ means a working day at the Commission.