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14.7.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
184/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 672/2011
of 13 July 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 968/2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of
the sugar industry in the Community
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
information available to the Commission, the deadline
shall accordingly be extended until 31 March 2012 at
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
the latest.
Union,
(3) Regulation
(EC)
No
968/2006
should
therefore
be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 of
amended accordingly.
20 February 2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community and
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the
amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of
Agricultural Funds,
the common agricultural policy ( 1 ), and in particular Article 12
thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas:
Article 1

In Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 968/2006, the second
(1) Article
6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No subparagraph is replaced by the following:
968/2006 ( 2 ) provides that the period for dismantling
production facilities and for complying with the social
‘By way of derogation from point (b) of the first
and environmental commitments referred to in
subparagraph, upon a motivated request of the undertaking
Article 3(3)(c) and Article 3(4)(c) of Regulation (EC) No
concerned, the Member States can grant an extension of the
320/2006 may be extended until 30 September 2011 at
deadline fixed in that point until 31 March 2012 at the latest.
the latest.
In such case, the undertaking shall submit an amended
restructuring plan according to Article 11.’
(2) Certain
sugar
producers
will
not
be
able
to
fully
Article 2
dismantle their production facilities in time, unless that
deadline is extended even further. However, the extension
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
should not go beyond of what is absolutely necessary to
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
finish the remaining dismantling works. Based on the
Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 July 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42.
( 2 ) OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 32.

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