Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   Without prejudice to decisions to carry forward taken in accordance with Article 1 of this Regulation, C sugar from the 2005/06 marketing year not exported under an export licence issued before 23 May 2006 shall be considered, from that date, to be non-quota sugar, as referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, produced in respect of the 2006/07 marketing year.’;

2. 2..

   the following sentence is added to the second paragraph of Article 13:

   ‘Article 2 shall apply from 23 May 2006.’