Article 1

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   the following paragraph 3a is inserted:

   ‘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.’;

2. 2..

   in paragraph 4, the introductory words are replaced by the following:

   ‘The transitional quotas laid down in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 3a.’;

3. 3..

   paragraph 6 is replaced by the following paragraphs 6 and 7:

   ‘6.

   Member States shall communicate the following information to the Commission:

   (a)

   before 15 July 2006, a breakdown by undertaking of the transitional quotas allocated under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3;

   (b)

   before 30 June 2007, a breakdown by undertaking of the transitional quotas allocated under paragraph 3a.

   7.

   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.

   The Member States shall notify the Commission, before 31 December 2007, of the control measures taken and the results thereof.’