
Article 1 
For the period 1 March to 30 June 2006, a tariff quota is hereby opened under Decision 2001/870/EC for imports of raw cane sugar for refining falling within CN code 1701 11 10, amounting to 60 224 tonnes expressed as white sugar originating in the ACP States signatory to the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters approved by that Decision.
Article 2 

1. A special reduced duty of EUR 0 per 100 kg of standard-quality raw sugar shall apply to imports of the quantity referred to in Article 1.
2. The minimum purchase price to be paid by Community refiners for the period referred to in Article 1 shall be EUR 49,68 per 100 kg of standard-quality raw sugar.
Article 3 
Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 shall apply to the tariff quota opened by this Regulation.
Article 4 
The quantities referred to in Article 1(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 978/2005 for which import licence applications have not been submitted before 1 March 2006 may still be requested up to 30 June 2006.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 February 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission