# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2006/2006 of 22 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 to include the annual tariff quota for sugar products originating in Croatia, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 is amended as follows:
1.. In Article 1(1), the following point is added:
(h) ‘Article 27(5) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia.’
2.. In Article 1, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Quantities imported in accordance with the provisions referred to in paragraph 1(c) to (h) (hereinafter referred to as “tariff quotas”), and with the provisions referred to in points (a) and (b) of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as “delivery obligations”) for the 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years shall bear the quota serial numbers shown in Annex I.’
3.. In Article 2, point (d) is replaced by the following:
(d) ‘“Balkans sugar” means sugar products falling within CN codes 1701 and 1702 originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or Croatia and imported into the Community under Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the Republic of Croatia;’
4.. Article 28 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 28 1. For each marketing year, duty-free tariff quotas for a total of 380 000 tonnes of sugar products falling within CN codes 1701 and 1702 shall be opened as Balkans sugar.
However, for the 2006/2007 marketing year the quantity shall be 381 500 tonnes of sugar products falling with CN codes 1701 and 1702.
2. The quantities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated by country of origin as follows:
— Albania 1 000 tonnes,
— Bosnia-Herzegovina 12 000 tonnes,
— Serbia and Montenegro 180 000 tonnes,
— Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 7 000 tonnes,
— Croatia 180 000 tonnes.
However, for the 2006/2007 marketing year the allocation by country of origin shall be:
— Albania 1 250 tonnes,
— Bosnia-Herzegovina 15 000 tonnes,
— Serbia and Montenegro 225 000 tonnes,
— Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 5 250 tonnes,
— Croatia 135 000 tonnes.
The quotas for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Croatia for the 2006/2007 marketing year shall be opened from 1 January 2007 only.’
5.. In Article 29, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Import licence applications for Balkans sugar from the customs territories of Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo or Croatia shall be accompanied by the original of the export licence issued by the competent authorities of the customs territories of Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo or Croatia in accordance with the model in Annex II for a quantity equal to that in the licence application.’
6.. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/2006/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-2006/article-1
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