Production charge
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 is amended as follows: 1. in the first subparagraph of Article 6(3), point (b) is replaced by the following: ‘(b) the total sugar production of the processor and of the principal is more than the sum of their quotas or, for the marketing year 2006/07, the sum of the thresholds fixed for them in accordance with Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2006 ( *1 ) . ( *1 ) OJ L 89, 28.3.2006, p. 11 .’;" 2. Article 13 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added: ‘The distinction between quota sugar and non-quota sugar does not apply for refiners.’; (b) the following paragraph 3 is added: ‘3. The provisions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to processors whose purchase of sugar does not exceed 2 000 tonnes per calendar year.’; 3. in Article 15, the first paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘Not later than 20 October 2006, 20 January 2007, 20 April 2007, 20 July 2007, 20 October 2007, 20 January 2008 and 20 April 2008, undertakings approved in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 of this Regulation and processors approved in accordance with Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall communicate to the Commission the prices established in accordance with Article 13(1) of this Regulation during the previous three months.’ 4. the title of Chapter V is replaced by the following: ‘CHAPTER V 5. in Article 18, the following paragraph 3 is added: ‘3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the deadline for the payment of the one-off amount referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 within 10 working days of their decision on that deadline. Member States shall notify to each sugar undertaking concerned the amount due at least one month before the deadline referred to in the first subparagraph and on 31 January 2008 at the latest.’; 6. in Article 19, the following paragraph 3 is added: ‘3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the deadline referred to in paragraph 2 within 10 working days of their decision on that deadline. Member States shall notify to each isoglucose undertaking concerned the amounts due at least one month before the deadline referred to in paragraph 2 and on 30 November of the marketing year from which the quota is allocated at the latest.’; 7. the following Article 20a is inserted: ‘Article 20a Production charge From the marketing year 2007/08, Member States shall, on 31 January each year at the latest, notify to each approved sugar and isoglucose producer the production charge to be paid for the current marketing year.’; 8. in Article 21(1), the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: ‘Each approved manufacturer and refiner shall notify to the competent authority of the Member State in which the production or refining took place, before the 20th of each month, the total quantities, expressed as white sugar, of the sugars and syrups indicated in Article 3(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d):’.