Introductory text

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^f1, and in particular Article 15(8) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 6(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002^f2 lays down the method for determining the quantity of sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup disposed of in the Community for consumption as referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

In the interests of transparency and clarity, certain items in the calculation should be specified, and in particular account should be taken of the surplus stocks fixed in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2005 of 31 May 2005 on the determination of surplus quantities of sugar, isoglucose and fructose for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia^f3.

Account should also be taken of intervention stocks when evaluating the stocks at the beginning and the end of the marketing year and the quantities of sugar available on the Community market.

Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

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