Import licences for industrial import sugar issued for CN codes 1701 99 10 or 1701 99 90 may be used for the import of CN codes 1701 11 90, 1701 12 90, 1701 91 00, 1701 99 10 or 1701 99 90.

Industrial import sugar shall be used for the purposes of production of the products referred to in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 967/2006.

Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 shall apply to industrial import sugar.

A processor shall supply proof, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State, that the quantities imported as industrial import sugar have been used for the purposes of production of the products referred to in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 967/2006 and in accordance with the approval referred to in Article 5 of that Regulation. This proof shall consist of the computerised recording in the records during or at the end of the production process of the quantities of the products concerned.

If processors have not supplied the proof referred to in paragraph 4 by the end of the seventh month following the month of import they shall pay, for each day of delay, a sum of EUR 5 per tonne of the quantity concerned.

If processors have not supplied the proof referred to in paragraph 4 by the end of the ninth month following the month of import, the quantity concerned shall be considered to be over declared within the meaning of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006.