27.2.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 55/1 (Non-legislative acts) II REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 170/2013 of 25 February 2013 laying down transitional measures in the sugar sector by reason of the accession of Croatia THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Articles 41, 16 thereof in conjunction with point 4 of Section 3(a) of Annex IV thereto and Article 18 thereof in conjunction with Part Il of Section 4 of Annex V thereto, Whereas: (1) The rules concerning production and trade arrangements for the sugar market inserted in Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (') by the Act of Accession of Croatia should be applicable as from 1 July 2013, subject to the entry into force of the Act of Accession on that date. However, for the marketing year 2012/2013, the entire beet sugar production of Croatia will have been produced under national arrangements. Transitional measures are therefore required to change over from the production and trade arrangements in force in Croatia to those provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. Consequently, the provisions on minimum beet prices, inter-professional agreements, production charge, quota system and quota allocation provided for in Articles 49, 50, 51, Article 55(1)(b) and Article 56 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 should not apply to Croatia in the marketing year 2012/2013. (2)  In accordance with the Act of Accession, for a period of up to three marketing years an annual import quota of 40 000 tonnes of raw cane sugar for refining is reserved for Croatia at an import duty of EUR 98 per tonne. () O] L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. (3) Import licences issued under the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation should be reserved for approved full-time refiners in Croatia. There is a considerable risk of disruption on the markets in the sugar sector by products being introduced into Croatia before its accession to the Union for speculation purposes. Provisions facilitating the transition should therefore be made to avoid such speculative movements or other market disturbances. Specific rules are necessary in order to take into account the particu- larities of the sugar sector. Provisions should be made to prevent operators from circumventing the application of charges on certain sugar products in free circulation by placing goods which have been already released for free circulation in the Union as constituted at 30 June 2013 or in Croatia before its accession under a suspensive regime, either in temporary storage or under one of the treatments or procedures referred to in Article 4(15)(b) and (16)(b) to (@) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (3. In accordance with the Act of Accession, for the quan- tities of stocks of sugar or isoglucose exceeding the normal carry-over stock Croatia are to be charged with a payment to the general budget of the Union. Determination of the surplus quantities should be carried out by the Commission on the basis of trade devel- opments and production and consumption trends in Croatia during the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2013. For that determination, besides sugar and isog- lucose, other products with a significant added sugar () OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.