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Article 3

United Kingdom

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1.

The following global tariff quotas at zero duty, expressed as ‘white-sugar equivalent’, shall be opened for imports of raw cane-sugar for refining of CN code 1701 11 10, originating in a country which, according to Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 980/2005, benefits from the special arrangement for least developed countries:

  • 192 113 tonnes for the marketing year from 1 July 2006 to 30 September 2007;

  • 178 030,75 tonnes for the marketing year from 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008;

  • 148 001,25 tonnes for the marketing year from 1 October 2008 to 30 June 2009.

The quotas shall bear the order numbers 09.4360, 09.4361 and 09.4362, respectively.

Each quota shall be opened on the first day of the marketing year concerned and shall remain open until the last day of that marketing year.

All Common Customs Tariff duties, as well as any additional duties referred to in Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 and subject to Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, shall not apply to imports under these quotas.

2.

For imports, other than those referred to in paragraph 1, of products of tariff heading 1701 originating in least developed countries, the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) duties, as well as the additional duties referred to in Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 and subject to Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006, shall be reduced in accordance with Article 12(4) of Regulation (EC) No 980/2005, by 20 % on 1 July 2006, by 50 % on 1 July 2007 and by 80 % on 1 July 2008; they shall be suspended entirely as from 1 July 2009.

Such imports shall be ascribed a reference number in accordance with the import period and the rate of reduction that shall apply.

The reference numbers and the rates of CCT and additional duties that apply shall be as follows:

(a)

for the import period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, the reference number shall be 09.4370 and the fraction of CCT and additional duties to be paid shall be 80 %;

(b)

for the import period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008, the reference number shall be 09.4371 and the fraction of CCT and additional duties to be paid shall be 50 %;

(c)

for the import period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009, the reference number shall be 09.4372 and the fraction of CCT and additional duties to be paid shall be 20 %;

(d)

for the import period from 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009, the reference number shall be 09.4373 and the fraction of CCT and additional duties to be paid shall be 0 %.

The reference numbers shall apply to a quantity not limited in volume.