Article 3 Preventive withdrawal

For each undertaking, the share of the production of sugar, isoglucose or inulin syrup in the 2006/2007 marketing year which is produced under the quota allocated in accordance with the quotas laid down in Annex IV and which exceeds the threshold established in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article shall be considered withdrawn within the meaning of Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 or, at the request of the undertaking concerned submitted before 31 January 2007 for sugar and before 30 September 2007 for isoglucose, shall be considered fully or partially to have been produced in excess of the quota within the meaning of Article 12 of that Regulation.

For each undertaking, the threshold mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by multiplying its quota mentioned in paragraph 1 by the sum of the following coefficients:

However, where the sum of the coefficients exceeds 1,0000, the threshold shall be equal to the quota referred to in paragraph 1.

The minimum price applicable to the quantity of beet equivalent to the sugar production withdrawn in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be that of the 2007/2008 marketing year.

The obligation referred to in Article 6(5) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall concern the quantity of beet equivalent to the threshold referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Before 1 July 2006, Member States shall send the Commission an estimate of the quantities of sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup to be considered withdrawn under this Article.