
Article 1 

1. For the 2006/2007 marketing year, the application of import duties on white sugar falling within CN code 1701 99 10 is suspended for a quantity of 200 000 tonnes.
2. Sugar imported under this Regulation shall be used specifically for the purposes of production of the products referred to in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 967/2006.
Article 2 

1. The rules on import licences laid down by Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and the rules laid down by Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply to imports of sugar carried out under this Regulation, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation.However, import licences shall be valid until the end of the second month following their actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, and not later than 30 September 2007.
2. By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applications for import licences for the quantities referred to in Article 1(1) may be submitted only by processors within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006.
3. By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, import licence applications shall be submitted each week, from Monday to Friday, starting on the date referred to in Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 and until the issue of licences is discontinued as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 5(3) of that Regulation. An applicant may submit only one licence application per week.
Article 3 
Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 shall apply to imports of sugar under this Regulation.
Article 4 

1. Processors shall supply proof, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State, that the quantities imported under this Regulation have been used for the purposes of production of the products referred to in Article 1(2) and in accordance with the approval referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006. This proof shall consist of the computerised recording in the records during or at the end of the production process of the quantities of the products concerned.
2. If processors have not supplied the proof referred to in paragraph 1 by the end of the third month following the month of import they shall pay, for each day of delay, a sum of EUR 5 per tonne of the quantity concerned.
3. If processors have not supplied the proof referred to in paragraph 1 by the end of the fifth month following the month of import, the quantity concerned shall be considered to be overdeclared for the purposes of applying Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006.
Article 5 
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, 23 February 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission