The levy provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall be EUR 500 per tonne.

Before 1 May following the marketing year in which the surplus has been produced, the Member State shall notify manufacturers of the total levy to be paid. This amount shall be paid by the manufacturers in question before 1 June of the same year.

F1Should Member States make use of the possibility foreseen in Article 19(3), the deadlines laid down in the first subparagraph shall be 1 November and 1 December respectively.

The quantity on which the levy has been paid shall be considered to have been disposed of on the Community market.