# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1263/2007

of 26 October 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 290/2007 as regards the refining needs referred to in Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006

## Preamble

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 markets in the sugar sector [^1] , and in particular Article 40(2)(d) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 290/2007 of 16 March 2007 establishing, for the 2007/08 marketing year, the percentage provided for in Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 [^2] fixed the withdrawal percentage for that marketing year at 13,5 %.

**(2)** Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 290/2007 adjusted the traditional supply needs for refining sugar under Article 29(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 by applying to them a reduction equal to the withdrawal percentage, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, in the version in force at the time of the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 290/2007. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 [^3] , the said needs should not be adjusted by a withdrawal applied to sugar and isoglucose production under quotas. The reduction should therefore no longer be applied to the said needs.

**(3)** Regulation (EC) No 290/2007 should therefore 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**

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 290/2007 is hereby deleted.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 October 2007. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_058_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 ( [OJ L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_273_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 20](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_078_R_TOC) .

[^3] See page 1 of this Official Journal.

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 ().
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[^3]: See page 1 of this Official Journal.