
Article 1 
The intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia and Sweden shall offer for sale by standing invitation to tender for export to all destinations, excluding the destinations listed in the third subparagraph, a total quantity of 601 981 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and available for export.
The maximum quantities involved per Member State are set out in Annex I.
The destinations referred to in the first subparagraph shall be:

((a)) third countries: Andorra, the Holy See (Vatican City State), Liechtenstein, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro;
((b)) territories of EU Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community: Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, the Communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands and the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control.
Article 2 

1. The period during which tenders may be submitted in response to the first partial invitation to tender shall begin on 1 October 2007 and shall end on 10 October 2007 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:
— 24 October 2007,
— 7 and 21 November 2007,
— 5 and 19 December 2007,
— 9 and 30 January 2008,
— 13 and 27 February 2008,
— 12 and 26 March 2008,
— 9 and 23 April 2008,
— 7 and 28 May 2008,
— 11 and 25 June 2008,
— 9 and 23 July 2008,
— 6 and 27 August 2008,
— 10 and 24 September 2008.
2. The minimum quantity of the tender per lot in accordance with Article 42(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 shall be 250 tonnes unless the available quantity for that lot is less than 250 tonnes. In such cases the available quantity must be tendered.
3. 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 the model laid down in 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 a maximum export refund for white sugar and for raw sugar 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. The available quantity for a lot shall be reduced by the quantities awarded the same day for that lot by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2007.Where an award at a maximum export refund set pursuant to paragraph 1 would result in that reduced available quantity for a lot being exceeded, that award shall be limited to that reduced available quantity.Where awards for a Member State to all tenderers offering the same export refund for one lot would result in that reduced available quantity for that lot being exceeded, that reduced available quantity 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.
3. The price to be paid by the successful tenderer in accordance with article 42(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 shall be EUR 632 per tonne for white sugar and EUR 497 per tonne for raw sugar. The prices shall apply to white sugar and raw sugar of the standard quality described in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.For intervention sugar which is not of the standard quality, Member States shall adjust the price by way of application mutatis mutandis of, respectively, Article 32(6) and Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006.
Article 5 

1. Export licence applications and licences shall contain in Box 20 one of the entries listed in Annex III.
2. Export licences issued in connection with a partial invitation to tender shall be valid from the day of issue until the end of the fifth calendar month following that in which the partial invitation was issued.
Article 6 

1. On the fifth working day at the latest after the Commission fixes the maximum export refund, the intervention agencies involved shall communicate to the Commission, in the form laid down in Annex IV, the exact quantity sold by partial invitation to tender.
2. Not later than the end of each calendar month in respect of the preceding calendar month, Member States shall notify to the Commission the quantities of sugar of the export licences returned to the competent authorities and the corresponding quantities of sugar exported, taking account of the tolerances permitted by Article 8(4) and (5) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.
Article 7 
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 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 14 September 2007.
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 sale for export(in tonnes)
Belgium 
Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belgeRue de Trèves, 82B-1040 BruxellesTél. (32-2) 287 24 11Fax (32-2) 287 25 24
 21 409
Czech Republic 
Státní zemědělský intervenční fondOddělení pro cukr a škrobVe Smečkách 33CZ-110 00 PRAHA 1Tel.: (420) 222 87 14 27Fax: (420) 222 87 18 75
 30 754
Ireland 
Intervention Sectionon Farm InvestmentSubsidies and storage DivisionDepartment of Agriculture & FoodJohnstown Castle EstateWexfordTel. (00 353) 536 34 37Fax (00 353) 914 28 43
 12 000
Spain 
Fondo Español de Garantia AgrariaC/Beneficencia, 8E-28004 MadridTel. (34) 913 47 64 66Fax (34) 913 47 63 97
 24 084
Italy 
AGEA — Agenzia per le erogazioni in agricolturaUfficio ammassi pubblici e privati e alcoolVia Torino, 45I-00185 RomaTel. (39) 06 49 49 95 58Fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61
 322 915
Hungary 
Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési HivatalSoroksári út 22–24.H-1095 BudapestTel.: (36-1) 219 45 76Fax: (36-1) 219 89 05 vagy (36-1) 219 62 59
 100 462
Slovakia 
Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúraOddelenie cukru a ostatných komodítDobrovičova 12815 26 BratislavaSlovenská republikaTel.: (421-2) 58 24 32 55Fax: (421-2) 53 41 26 65
 34 000
Sweden 
Statens jordbruksverkVallgatan 8S-551 82 JönköpingTfn (46-36) 15 50 00Fax (46-36) 19 05 46
 56 357
ANNEX II

1 2 3 4 5
Member State selling intervention sugar Numbering of tenderers Lot No Quantity(tonnes) Export refundEUR/100 kg
 1   
 2   
 3   
 etc.   

ANNEX III

Entries referred to in Article 5(1):
in BulgarianИзнесено с възстановяване съгласно Регламент (ЕО) № 1060/2007in SpanishExportado con restitución en virtud del Reglamento (CE) no 1060/2007in CzechVyvezeno s náhradou podle nařízení (ES) č. 1060/2007in DanishEksporteret med restitution i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 1060/2007in GermanMit Erstattung ausgeführt gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1060/2007in EstonianEksporditud toetusega vastavalt määrusele (EÜ) nr 1060/2007in GreekΕξαγωγή με επιστροφή σύμφωνα με τον κανονισμό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1060/2007in EnglishExported with refund pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1060/2007in FrenchExporté avec restitution conformément au règlement (CE) no 1060/2007in ItalianEsportato con restituzione ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 1060/2007in LatvianSaskaņā ar Regulu (EK) Nr. 1060/2007 eksportēts, saņemot kompensācijuin LithuanianEksportuota su grąžinamąja išmoka, remiantis Reglamentu (EB) Nr. 1060/2007in HungarianVisszatérítéssel exportálva a 1060/2007/EK rendelet szerintin MalteseEsportat b'rifużjoni skond ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 1060/2007in DutchUitgevoerd met restitutie overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 1060/2007in PolishWywóz objęty refundacją zgodnie z rozporządzeniem (WE) nr 1060/2007in PortugueseExportado com restituição, nos termos do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1060/2007in RomanianExportat cu restituire în baza Regulamentului (CE) nr. 1060/2007in SlovakVyvezené s náhradou podľa nariadenia (ES) č. 1060/2007in SlovenianIzvoženo z nadomestilom v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 1060/2007in FinnishViety asetuksen (EY) N:o 1060/2007 mukaisella vientituellain SwedishExporterat med exportbidrag enligt förordning (EG) nr 1060/2007

ANNEX IV

1 2
Member State selling intervention sugar Quantity actually sold(in tonnes)
 
