134At the hearing the applicant in Case T-332/00 went on to refer to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 (OJ 2000 L 240, p. 1). The applicant points out that under that regulation imports of sugar originating in the countries of the former Yugoslavia experienced an exponential rise. It explains that although such exports were zero in 2000, a report dated 23 October 2001 estimated that they would amount to 120000 tonnes in 2001. It is incomprehensible that the small quantities of sugar coming from the OCTs would constitute a threat to the common organisation of the markets in sugar whilst larger amounts imported from the countries of the former Yugoslavia would not constitute such a threat.
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