Commission Regulation (EC) No 705/2006

of 8 May 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, 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 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector [1], and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The quantities for resale currently set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 [2] reflect the situation of the intervention stocks on 31 December 2005. Since that date, important quantities have been accepted by the intervention agencies of some of those Member States and also by Germany and Slovenia.

(2) Those quantities should be included in the offer for sale by standing invitation to tender on the Community internal market.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 should be amended accordingly.

(4) 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

Commission Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 is amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

"Commission Regulation (EC) No 22/2006 of 9 January 2006 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of sugar held by the intervention agencies of Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden".

2. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

"Article 1

The intervention agencies of Belgium, 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 1493136,672 tonnes of sugar accepted into intervention and available for sale on the internal market. The Member States concerned and the quantities involved are laid down in Annex I".

3. Annex I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 8 May 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

[2] OJ L 5, 10.1.2006, p. 3.

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ANNEX

"ANNEX I

Member States holding intervention sugar

Member State | Intervention agency | Quantities held by the intervention agency and available for the sale on the internal market (in tonnes) |

Belgium | Bureau d‘檌ntervention et de restitution belge Rue de Trèves, 82 B-1040 Bruxelles Tel. (32-2) 287 24 11 Fax (32-2) 287 25 24 | 40648,092 |

Czech Republic | St谩tn铆 zem臎d臎lsk媒 interven膷n铆 fond Odd臎len铆 pro cukr a 拧krob Ve Sme膷k谩ch 33 CZ-110 00 PRAHA 1 Tel.: (420) 222 871 427 Fax: (420) 222 871 563 | 77937,72 |

Germany | Bundesanstalt f眉r Landwirtschaft und Ern盲hrung Deichmanns Aue 29 D-53179 Bonn Tel. (49-228) 68 45 35 12/38 50 Fax (49-228) 68 45 36 24 | 40000 |

Spain | Fondo Espa帽ol de Garant铆a Agraria Beneficencia, 8 E-28004 Madrid Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66 Fax (34) 913 47 63 97 | 8300 |

Ireland | Intervention Section on Farm Investment Subsidies & Storage Division Department of Agriculture & Food Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Tel. (353-5) 36 34 37 Fax (353-5) 34 28 41 | 12000 |

Italy | AGEA ‘�Agenzia per le erogazioni in agricoltura Ufficio ammassi pubblici e privati e alcool Via Torino, 45 00185 Roma Tel. (0039-06) 49 499 558 Fax (0039-06) 49 499 761 | 784974,7 |

Hungary | Mez艖gazdas谩gi és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal (MVH) (Agricultural and Rural Development Agency) H-1095 Budapest Soroks谩ri 煤t 22‘�4. Tel: (36-1) 219 62 13 Fax: (36-1) 219 89 05 vagy (36-1) 219 62 59 | 232311,9 |

Poland | Agencja Rynku Rolnego Biuro Cukru Dzia艂 Dop艂at i Interwencji ul. Nowy 艢wiat 6/12 PL-00-400 Warszawa Tel. (48 22) 661 71 30 Faks (48 22) 661 72 77 | 208226,26 |

Slovenia | Agencija RS za kmetijske trge in razvoj pode啪elja Dunajska 160 1000 Ljubljana Telefon (386 1) 580 77 92 Telefaks (386 1) 478 92 06 | 9700 |

Slovakia | P么dohospod谩rska platobn谩 agent煤ra Oddelenie cukru a ostatn媒ch komod铆t Dobrovi膷ova 12 SK-815 26 Bratislava Tel.: (421-2) 58 24 32 55 Fax: (421-2) 534 26 65 | 20000 |

Sweden | Statens jordbruksverk S-551 82 J枚nk枚ping Tfn (46-36) 15 50 00 Fax (46-36) 19 05 46 | 59038" |

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