
Article 1 
The intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market a total quantity of 1 370 636,672 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and available for sale on the internal market. The quantities involved per Member State are set out in Annex I.
Article 2 

1. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender shall begin on 19 July 2006 and shall end on 26 July 2006 at 15.00, Brussels time.The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response to the second and subsequent partial invitations shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period. They shall end at 15.00, Brussels time:
— on 9 and 30 August 2006,
— on 13 and 27 September 2006,
— on 4 and 18 October 2006,
— on 8 and 22 November 2006,
— on 6 and 20 December 2006,
— on 10 and 24 January 2007,
— on 7 and 21 February 2007,
— on 7 and 28 March 2007,
— on 18 and 25 April 2007,
— on 9 and 23 May 2007,
— on 13 and 27 June 2007,
— on 11 and 18 July 2007,
— on 8 and 29 August 2007,
— on 12 and 26 September 2007.
2. Tenders shall be lodged with the intervention agency holding the sugar as set out in Annex I.
Article 3 
The intervention agencies concerned shall communicate to the Commission tenders submitted within two hours after the expiry of the deadline for the submissions laid down in Article 2(1).
The tenderers shall not be identified.
Tenders submitted shall be communicated in electronic form according to be the model laid down in the Annex II.
When no tenders are submitted, the Member State shall communicate this to the Commission within the same time limit.
Article 4 

1. The Commission shall fix per Member State concerned the minimum sale price or decide not to accept the tenders in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
2. Where an award at a minimum price set pursuant to paragraph 1 would result in the available quantity for the Member State concerned being exceeded, that award shall be limited to such quantity as is still available.Where awards for a Member State to all tenderers offering the same price would result in the quantity for that Member State being exceeded, then the quantity available shall be awarded as follows:
(a) by division among the tenderers concerned in proportion of the total quantities in each of their tenders; or
(b) by apportionment among the tenderers concerned by reference to a maximum tonnage fixed for each of them; or
(c) by drawing of lots.
Article 5 
By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006, that Regulation shall apply to the resale, as referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, of sugar accepted into intervention before 10 February 2006.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 July 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
Member State Intervention Agency Quantities held by the intervention agency and available for the sale on internal market(in tonnes)
Belgium 
Bureau d'intervention et de restitution belge,rue de Trèves, 82B-1040 BruxellesTel. (32-2) 287 24 11Fax (32-2) 287 25 24
 30 648,0
Czech Republic 
Státní zemědělský intervenční fondoddělení pro cukr a škrobVe Smečkách 33CZ-11000 Praha 1Tel. (420) 222 87 14 27Fax (420) 222 87 18 75
 48 937,72
Germany 
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und ErnährungDeichmanns Aue 29D-53179 BonnTel. (49-228) 68 45-35 12/38 50Fax (49-228) 68 45 36 24
 17 500,0
Spain 
Fondo Español de Garantía AgrariaC/ Beneficencia, 8E-28004 MadridTel. (34) 913 47 64 66Fax (34) 913 47 63 97
 110 800,0
Ireland 
Intervention SectionOn- Farm InvestmentSubsidies & Storage DivisionDepartment of Agriculture & FoodJohnstown Castle EstateWexfordTel. (353) 536 34 37Fax (353) 914 28 43
 12 000,0
Italy 
AGEA — Agenzia per le Erogazioni in AgricolturaUfficio ammassi pubblici e privati e alcoolVia Torino, 45I-00184 RomaTel. (39) 06 49 499 558Fax (39) 06 49 499 761
 636 648,7
Hungary 
Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal (MVH), Budapest(Agricultural and Rural Development Agency)Soroksári út 22-24.HU-1095 BudapestTel. 36/1/219-6213Fax 36/1/219-8905 or 36/1/219-6259
 224 037,9
Poland 
Agencja Rynku RolnegoBiuro CukruDział Dopłat i InterwencjiNowy Świat 6/1200-400 WarszawaTel. +48 22 661 71 30Fax +48 22 661 72 77
 172 326,26
Slovenia 
Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja;Dunajska 1601000 LjubljanaTel. +386 1 580 77 92Fax +386 1 478 920
 9 700,0
Slovakia 
Pôdohospodarská platobná agentúraOddelenie cukru a ostatných komodítDobrovičova 12815 26 BratislavaSlovenská republikaTel. (421-2) 58 24 32 55Fax (421-2) 53 41 26 65
 49 000,0
Sweden 
Statens jordbruksverkVallgatan 8S-55182 JönköpingTel. (46-36) 15 50 00Fax (46-36) 19 05 46
 59 038,0
ANNEX II
1 2 3 4 5
Member State selling intervention sugar Numbering of tenderers Lot No Quantity(t) Tender priceEUR/100 kg
 1   
 2   
 3   
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