Article 6

Member States shall keep a record of the applications for import licences submitted for sugar for refining.

When a Member State for a particular marketing year has received applications for import licences for sugar for refining equal to or exceeding the limit referred to in Article 29(3) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, the Member State shall notify the Commission that the level of its traditional supply need has been reached. Where appropriate, the Member State shall specify the percentage allocation in proportion to the remaining balance to be given to each application for an import licence for sugar for refining.

Where applications for import licences for sugar for refining for a particular marketing year are equal to the total quantity referred to in Article 29(3) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, the Commission shall notify the Member States that the limit for the traditional supply need at the level of the Community has been reached.

From the date of notification referred to in the first subparagraph and until the end of the marketing year concerned, the restriction provided for in Article 5(2) shall no longer apply.