{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-493/article-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Transitional quotas",
  "text": "1. For the 2006/2007 marketing year, a transitional sugar quota of 497 780 tonnes shall be allocated to the Member States in accordance with the breakdown in part A of Annex II.\nThe quota referred to in the first subparagraph shall be reserved for sugar produced from beet sown before 1 January 2006. The minimum price of this beet, within the meaning of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, shall be EUR 47,67 per tonne.\nWhere, for a given undertaking, the transitional quotas allocated in accordance with this paragraph exceed production in respect of the 2006/07 marketing year, the Member State may allocate to such an undertaking the remainder of those quotas for the 2007/08 marketing year.\n2. For the 2006/2007 marketing year, a transitional isoglucose quota of 126 921 tonnes of dry matter shall be allocated to the Member States in accordance with the breakdown in part B of Annex II.\n3. For the 2006/2007 marketing year, a transitional inulin syrup quota of 80 180 tonnes of dry matter, expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent, shall be allocated to the Member States in accordance with the breakdown in part C of Annex II.\n(3a) For the marketing year 2006/2007, the Member States shall allocate to all undertakings that are in receipt of a sugar quota for the aforesaid marketing year, pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, and that have used that quota exclusively to produce sugar by extraction from molasses, a transitional quota equal to 25 % of the said quota. This transitional quota may be used only for the production of sugar by extraction from molasses.;\n4. The transitional quotas laid down in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 3a.:\n(a) shall not be subject to the payment of the temporary restructuring amount provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006;\n(b) may not benefit from the payment of the aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No 320/2006.\n5. The Member States shall allocate transitional quotas, on the basis of objective criteria and in a manner ensuring equal treatment of producers and to avoid market and competition distortion, to undertakings producing sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup established in their territory and approved in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.\n6. Member States shall communicate the following information to the Commission:\n(a) before 15 July 2006 , a breakdown by undertaking of the transitional quotas allocated under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3;\n(b) before 30 June 2007 , a breakdown by undertaking of the transitional quotas allocated under paragraph 3a.\n7. The Member States shall introduce a control system and shall take all the necessary steps to verify the production of the products referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 3a, ensuring in particular that the sugar corresponds to sugar beet sown before 1 January 2006 .\nThe Member States shall notify the Commission, before 31 December 2007 , of the control measures taken and the results thereof.",
  "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 739/2007 of 28 June 2007 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 739/2007 of 28 June 2007 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/9",
    "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."
}