L 1974 Official Journal of the European Union 25.7.2008 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 707/2008 of 24 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards the management of the Community market in sugar and the quota system 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 ('), and in particular Article 40 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (3), in particular Article 50(1), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) It may occur that white sugar produced by a given undertaking during a given marketing year is further processed into white sugar with specific requirements. Pursuant to Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 (%), sugar production is expressed in the total quantity of white sugar produced by a given under- taking in a marketing year. In order to avoid double counting, it is necessary to exclude from that production white sugar resulting from further processing of white sugar. (2)  Atticle 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 provides for two methods to determine the sugar content of syrups depending on their status of intermediate or non-intermediate syrups. Considering that one of the methods is obsolete, it is appropriate to simplify by referring only to the other method based on the extractable sugar content. However in the specific case of syrups from invert sugar, it is necessary to refer to the () OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007, (O] L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1). (® O) L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008, (O] L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 61). () OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 39. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 551/2007, (O] L 131, 23.5.2007, p. 7). High Performance Liquid Chromatography method which is the only one possible from a technical point of view. Finally, to reflect technical progress, it is appropriate to mention only the refractrometric method to determine the dry matter content. The modifications should apply from 1 October 2008 in order to ensure that legitimate expectations of sugar producers are respected. (3)  Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 defines the production of undertakings for the purposes of the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector, in the particular case where one undertaking outsources production to another. That outsourced production is deemed to be the production of the principal under certain conditions, including the case where the total sugar production of the processor and the principal is more than the sum of their quotas. That condition was adapted in the light of the preventive with- drawal decided for the marketing year 2006/2007 so that it concerns the sum of the preventive withdrawal thresholds of the processor and the principal instead of the sum of the quotas. Commission Regulation (EC) No 290/2007 of 16 March 2007 establishing, for the 2007/2008 marketing year, the percentage provided for in Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (¥ introduced a preventive withdrawal threshold for the marketing year 2007/2008. Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 (°), which has amended Regulation (EC) No 318/2006, includes a provision for the Commission to decide each year on a possible preventive withdrawal threshold. It is therefore necessary to modify the condition for the outsourcing set out in Article 6(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 so that it concerns the sum of the preventive withdrawal thresholds of the processor and the principal instead of the sum of quotas. (4) It is necessary to provide for mutual assistance between Member States to ensure effective controls. (5)  Preferential sugar imports from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries as well as from least developed countries into the Community will gradually increase as from 1 October 2009. It is expected that, by 2012, those imports will account for more than 25% of Community’s sugar consumption. The price information system should therefore include prices and quantities of imported raw and white sugar from those countries, currently available in the database of the Statistical Office of the European Communities () OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 20. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1263/2007 (O] L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 15). () O] L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1.