Article 125 Sugar sector agreements

The terms for buying sugar beet and sugar cane, including pre-sowing delivery contracts, shall be governed by written agreements within the trade concluded between, on the one hand, F1United Kingdom growers of sugar beet and sugar cane or, on their behalf, the organisations of which they are members, and, on the other hand, United Kingdom sugar undertakings or, on their behalf, the organisations of which they are members.

Agreements within the trade as described in point 6 of Section A of Part II of Annex II shall be notified by sugar undertakings to the competent F2authority.

From 1 October 2017, agreements within the trade shall conform to the purchase terms laid down in Annex X.

In order to take into account the specific characteristics of the sugar sector and the development of the sector in the period following the ending of production quotas, the F3Secretary of State may make regulations to:

F5In order to take into account the specific characteristics of the sugar sector and the development of the sector in the period following the ending of production quotas, the appropriate authority may make regulations to update the terms referred to in Section A of Part 2 of Annex 2 so far as the terms apply in relation to a matter that is not outside devolved competence.

The Secretary of State may make regulations setting out the measures necessary for the application of this Article, including in respect of procedures, notifications and administrative assistance in the case of international agreements within the sugar trade.