Article 18U.K.Outermost regions
1.Surplus raw materials used for the purposes of the specific supply arrangements for the outermost regions in accordance with Article 12(c) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 and within the quantitative limits set in the programmes referred to in Article 24(1) of Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 shall be the subject of a contract of direct sale from the manufacturer which produced them to an operator entered in one of the registers referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 793/2006.
2.The contract referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide in particular for the transmission between the parties of:
(a)a statement by the manufacturer of the quantity of surplus raw materials delivered under the contract; and
(b)a statement by the operator concerned that the quantity in question has been delivered under the specific supply arrangements.
For surplus raw materials, the application for the aid certificate referred to in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 793/2006 shall be accompanied by the statement by the producer referred to in paragraph 2(a) of this Article. Box 20 of the aid certificate shall contain the entry ‘C sugar: no aid’ as referred to in Part F of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 793/2006.
The competent authorities who issued the aid certificate shall send a copy of that certificate to the competent authorities of the Member State in which the manufacturer was approved.
The quantities of raw materials for which the manufacturer presents the statement referred to in paragraph 2(b), and for which the Member State concerned has copies of the aid certificate, shall be considered to have been delivered under the specific supply arrangements, as provided for in point (c) of the second subparagraph of Article 4(1).