
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1555/2006 of 18 October 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 on opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector, and in particular Article 40(2)(d) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) The quantities for resale stated in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 reflect the state of the intervention stocks on 30 June 2006. Since this date, quantities have been sold by the intervention agencies and in the case of Germany, there are no intervention stocks remaining.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 of 13 October 2006 adopting a plan allocating resources to the Member States to be charged against the 2007 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community states that 33 224 tonnes of sugar in storage must be withdrawn from the Community's intervention stocks for distribution in the Member States in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

(3) These quantities should be taken into account in the sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market.

(4) In order to ensure proper management of sugar in storage, provision should be made for a communication from the Member States on the quantities actually sold.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 should be amended accordingly.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 is amended as follows:

1.. The title is replaced by the following:
'
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006 of 7 July 2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden'.
2.. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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Article 1 
The intervention agencies of Belgium, Czech Republic, 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 899 896,41 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.'.
3.. The following paragraph is added to Article 4:
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3. On the fifth working day at the latest after the Commission fixes the minimum sale price, the intervention agencies involved shall communicate to the Commission, in the form laid down in Annex III, the quantity actually sold by partial invitation to tender.'.
4.. Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
5.. An Annex III of which the text is set out in Annex II to this Regulation is added.
Article 2 
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, 18 October 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I


ANNEX I 

Member States holding intervention sugarMember State Intervention agency Quantities held by the intervention agency and available for the sale on the internal market
Belgium 
Bureau d’intervention et de restitution belgeRue de Trèves, 82B-1040 BruxellesTél. (32-2) 287 24 11Fax (32-2) 287 25 24
 28 648,0
Czech Republic 
Státní zemědělský intervenční fond, oddělení pro cukr a škrobVe Smečkách 33CZ-11000 PRAHA 1Tél. (420) 222 87 14 27Fax (420) 222 87 18 75
 34 156,72
Spain 
Fondo Español de Garantía AgrariaBeneficencia, 8E-28004 MadridTel (34) 913 47 64 66Fax (34) 913 47 63 97
 77 334,0
Ireland 
Intervention SectionOn Farm InvestmentSubsidies and Storage DivisionDepartment of Agriculture and FoodJohnstown Castle EstateWexfordIrelandTel. (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-00185 RomaTel.: (39) 06 49 499 558Fax: (39) 06 49 499 761
 494 011,7
Hungary 
Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal (MVH), Budapest(Agricultural and Rural Development Agency)Soroksári út 22–24H-1095 BudapestTél. (36-1) 219 62 13Fax (36-1) 219 89 05 or (36-1) 219 62 59
 141 942,9
Poland 
Agencja Rynku RolnegoBiuro CukruDział Dopłat i InterwencjiNowy Świat 6/1200-400 WarszawaTel.: (48-22) 661 71 30Faks: (48-22) 661 72 77
 13 118,0
Slovenia 
Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželjaDunajska 160SI-1000 LjubljanaTel. (386-1) 580 77 92Faks (386-1) 478 92 06
 5 647,0
Slovakia 
Podohospodarska platobna agenturaOddelenie cukru a ostatných komoditDobrovičova, 12SK – 815 26 BratislavaTél (4214) 58 24 32 55Fax (4212) 53 41 26 65
 34 000,0
Sweden 
JordbruksverketVallgatan 8S-55182 JönköpingTfn: (46-36) 15 50 00Fax: (46-36) 19 05 46
 59 038,0

ANNEX II


‘ANNEX III 

Model for the notification to the Commission as referred to in Article 4(3)FormPartial invitation to tender of … for the resale of sugar held by the intervention agencies(Regulation (EC) No 1039/2006)1 2
Member State selling intervention sugar Quantity actually sold (in tonnes)

