EN Official Journal of the European Union L 168/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 998/2005

of 29 June 2005

on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (3), and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the delivery obligations at zero duty of products of CN code 1701, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.

(2) Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the zero duty tariff quotas for products of CN code 1701 11 10, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.

(3) Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 opens tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne for products of CN code 1701 11 10 for imports originating in Brazil, Cuba and other third countries.

(4) In the week 20 to 24 June 2005 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding the contingent stipulated in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for special preferential sugar.

(5) In these circumstances the Commission must set reduction coefficients to be used so that licences are issued for quantities scaled down in proportion to the total available and must indicate that the limit in question has been reached,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of import licence applications presented from 20 to 24 June 2005 in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 licences shall be issued for the quantities indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 June 2005. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

(2) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 568/2005 (OJ L 97, 15.4.2005, p. 9).

ANNEX

ACP—INDIA preferential sugar

Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2004/05 marketing year

Country Week of 20.-24.6.2005: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit Barbados 100 Belize 0 reached Congo 100 Fiji 0 reached Guyana 0 reached India 0 reached Côte d'Ivoire 100 Jamaica 100 Kenya 100 Madagascar 100 Malawi 0 reached Mauritius 0 reached Mozambique 0 reached Saint Kitts and Nevis 100 Swaziland 0 reached Tanzania 100 Trinidad and Tobago 100 Zambia 100 Zimbabwe 0 reached





2005/06 marketing year

Country Week of 20.-24.6.2005: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit Barbados 100 Belize 100 Congo 100 Fiji 100 Guyana 100 India 100 Côte d'Ivoire 100 Jamaica 100 Kenya 100 Madagascar 100 Malawi 100 Mauritius 100 Mozambique 100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100 Swaziland 100 Tanzania 100 Trinidad and Tobago 100 Zambia 100 Zimbabwe 100

Special preferential sugar

Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2004/05 marketing year

Country Week of 20.-24.6.2005 percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit India 0 reached ACP 94,9374 reached





2005/06 marketing year

Country Week of 20.-24.6.2005: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit India 100 ACP 100

CXL concessions sugar

Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2004/05 marketing year

Country Week of 20.-24.6.2005: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit Brazil 0 reached Cuba 0 reached Other third countries 0 reached





2005/06 marketing year