L 354/8 Official Journal of the European Union 14.12.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1832/2006 of 13 December 2006 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 41 and Article 21 thereof in conjunction with point 4 of Section 3(a) of Annex V thereto, Whereas: 4y G) The rules concerning production and trade arrangements for the sugar market inserted in Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (!) by the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania should be applicable as from 1 January 2007, subject to the entry into force of the Act of Accession on that date. However, for the marketing year 2006/07, the entire beet sugar production of Bulgaria and Romania will have been produced under national arrangements. Transitional measures are therefore required to change over from the production and trade arrangements in force in Bulgaria and Romania to those provided for in Regu- lation (EC) No 318/2006. Consequently, the provisions on minimum beet prices, inter-professional agreements and quota allocation provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 should not apply to Bulgaria and Romania in the marketing year 2006/07. Article 4(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 of 20 February 2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (3) fixes the deadline for submitting applications for the restruc- turing aid at 31 July 2006 in respect of the marketing year 2006/07. It was thus not possible for undertakings established in Bulgaria and Romania to submit appli- cations for restructuring aid in respect of that marketing year. Those undertakings should therefore not have to pay the restructuring amount provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 in respect of the marketing year 2006/07. In the case of isoglucose, production is steady and in keeping with demand. It is necessary to determine for () OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1585/2006 (O] L 294, 25.10.2006, p. 19). () O] L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42. the period from 1 January to 30 September 2007 the appropriate national isoglucose quotas for Bulgaria and Romania in order to ensure the balance between production and consumption in the Community as constituted at 1 January 2007. Those transitional isoglucose quotas should be calculated on a pro rata temporis basis. In order to allow undertakings established in Bulgaria and Romania to participate in the restructuring scheme established by Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 under the same conditions as those applicable to undertakings established in the Community as constituted at 31 December 2006, it is necessary to make certain adjustments in relation to the marketing year 2007/08, in particular as regards the chronological order referred to in Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 968/2006 of 27 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community (3). In accordance with the Act of Accession, the agreed raw sugar supply need for refining is 198 748 tonnes for Bulgaria and 329 636 tonnes for Romania per marketing year. However, the quantities of traditional supply need distributed for Bulgaria and Romania should be reduced on a pro rata temporis basis to reflect the fact that Bulgaria and Romania will only participate in the 2006/07 marketing year for the period from 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2007. The full-time refiners in Bulgaria and Romania rely to a large extent on imports of raw cane sugar from tradi- tional suppliers in certain third countries. The Commission has therefore proposed to the Council to open tariff quotas for imports of such sugar from any third country for the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/2009 (). However, in order to avoid disruption of the supply of raw cane sugar for refiners in these Member States at the moment of accession, it is considered necessary to adopt transitional measures for the purpose of opening such tariff quotas at 1 January 2007. The transitional tariff quotas opened for Bulgaria and Romania under this Regulation should apply only until the Council has adopted permanent measures. () O] L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 32. (% COM(2006) 798 final of 13 December 2006.