Commission Regulation (EC) No 1298/2007 of 6 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 in order to distinguish between third countries and territories of European Union Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1298/2007of 6 November 2007amending Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 in order to distinguish between third countries and territories of European Union Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the CommunityTHE 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 sectorOJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 (OJ L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1)., and in particular Article 40(1)(g) thereof,Whereas:(1)Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 of 27 July 2007 on a standing invitation to tender to determine refunds on exports of white sugar until the end of the 2007/2008 marketing yearOJ L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 26. opens a standing invitation to tender to determine export refunds on white sugar covered by CN code 17019910 for all destinations excluding Andorra, Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, the Holy See (Vatican City State), Liechtenstein, Communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands, the areas of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SerbiaIncluding Kosovo, under the aegis of the United Nations, pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999., Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.(2)To avoid misinterpretation of the status of these destinations, it is appropriate to distinguish between third countries and territories of European Union Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community.(3)Regulation (EC) No 900/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly.(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: