{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-493/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-493/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/493",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-493",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Aid for sugar produced in the French overseas departments",
  "text": "1. Aid for disposal and additional aid shall be granted to sugar produced under quota in the 2005/2006 marketing year in the French overseas departments, refined and/or transported between 1 July 2006 and 31 October 2006.\nThey shall apply to the quantities of sugar concerned, in replacement for the aids referred to in Articles 7(4) and 38(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.\nThe aid for disposal shall concern:\nrefining in refineries in the European regions of the Community of the sugars produced in the French overseas departments, in particular on the basis of their output,\nthe transport of sugar produced in the French overseas departments to the European regions of the Community and, where appropriate, its storage in these departments.\n2. Regulations (EC) No 1554/2001 and (EC) No 1646/2001 shall apply to the sugar produced under quota in the 2005/2006 marketing year for the aid for disposal and the additional aid referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.\nThe flat-rate amount mentioned in Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1554/2001 is hereby fixed for the period from 1 July to 30 October 2006 at EUR 34,19 per tonne.\n3. For the purposes of this Article, ‘refinery’ means a production unit whose sole activity consists in refining either raw sugar or syrups produced prior to the crystallising stage.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1542/2006 of 13 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 laying down transitional measures within the framework of the reform of the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/493/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:49.736725+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}