# Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 of 27 March 2006 laying down transitional measures within the framework of the reform of the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector, and amending Regulations (EC) No 1265/2001 and (EC) No 314/2002, Article 11: Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001

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

Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 is hereby amended as follows:
1.. The following paragraph is added to Article 11:
‘5. At the request of the interested party, the competent authority of the Member State shall cancel refund certificates which have not been fully used and have not passed their final date of validity. The relevant security shall be released for the amount unused.
Member States shall inform the Commission at the end of each month of the quantity of refund certificates cancelled in the course of the previous month, broken down by month of issue of the refund certificate.’
2.. The following paragraph is added to Article 14:
‘3. The refund certificate shall be valid only for the basic products referred to in Article 1 which are produced under quota in the 2005/2006 marketing year or previous marketing years.’
3.. The following sentence is added to Article 15:
‘However, the refund certificates shall no longer be valid after 31 August 2006.’
4.. The following paragraph is added to Article 17:
‘3. Member States shall take the necessary additional steps to ensure the proper application of the provisions of Article 14(3).’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/493/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-493/article-11
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