Introductory text

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector^f1, and in particular Article 40(1)(g) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July 2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar until the end of the 2007/2008 marketing year^f2 opens a standing invitation to tender to determine export refunds on white sugar covered by CN code 1701 99 10 for all destinations excluding Andorra, Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, the Holy See (Vatican City State), Liechtenstein, Communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, the areas of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia^f3, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

To avoid misinterpretation of the status of these destinations, it is appropriate to distinguish between third countries and territories of European Union Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community.

Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

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