Article 1 Scope

This Regulation lays down for the marketing years 2009/2010 to 2014/2015 detailed rules applying on imports of products of tariff heading 1701 referred to in:

Imports from third countries which are least-developed countries (LDC) listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008, whether they belong to African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP countries) or not (NON-ACP countries), shall be duty free and quota free and shall bear the reference numbers as shown in Part I of Annex I to this Regulation.

Imports from the ACP countries which are not least-developed countries (NON-LDC) listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 shall be duty free subject to the transitional safeguard mechanism for sugar in accordance with the provisions referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 and shall bear the reference numbers as shown in Part II of Annex I to this Regulation.

In accordance with Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, a regional safeguard threshold is set up in Part II of Annex I to this Regulation for each marketing year.

A country listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 or listed as least-developed country in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 shall be added on its own request to Annex I to this Regulation.