(1)

Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 of 28 June 2006 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 marketing years for the import and refining of sugar products under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements (2) provides for detailed rules for setting delivery obligations at zero duty for products falling within CN code 1701, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, for imports originating in the countries that are signatories to the ACP Protocol and to the Agreement with India.

(2)

Application of Articles 3 and 7 of the ACP Protocol, Articles 3 and 7 of the Agreement with India and Article 12(3) and Articles 14 and 15 of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006 has resulted in the Commission calculating delivery obligations for each exporting country for the 2008/2009 delivery period, on the basis of the information currently available.

(3)

It is therefore necessary to provisionally determine the delivery obligations for the period 2008/2009 in accordance with point (a) of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 950/2006.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,