Delivery contracts
Article 16
1. For the purposes of Article 6(5) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, a contract concluded between a sugar manufacturer and a beet seller growing its own beet shall be regarded as a delivery contract. 2. Where a manufacturer carries forward, pursuant to Articles 14 or 19 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, part of its production to the following marketing year, the quota of that manufacturer shall be considered to be reduced in respect of that year by the quantity carried forward for the purposes of Article 6(5) of that Regulation. 3. Only contracts concluded prior to sowing and in any event: — before 1 April in Italy, or — before 1 May in the other Member States shall be regarded as pre-sowing contracts.