Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 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
Date: 2003-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cane sugar, import, marketing, preferential agreement, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1159/2003

of 30 June 2003

laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 680/2002 (2), and in particular Article 22(2), Article 26(1),
Article 38(6), Article 39(6), and the second paragraph of Article
41 thereof,

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 (3), and in particular Article 1
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Under Article 1(1) of Protocol 3 on ACP sugar (herein-
after referred to as the ACP Protocol) attached to Annex
V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in
Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (4) (hereinafter referred to as
the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement), and Article 1(1) of
the Agreement
European Economic
Community and the Republic of India on cane sugar (5)
(hereinafter referred to as the Agreement with India), the
Community undertakes to purchase and import, at guar-
anteed prices, specific quantities of cane sugar which
originate in the ACP States and India respectively and
which those States undertake to deliver to it.

between the

Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides
that during the 2001/02 to 2005/06 marketing years, in
order to ensure adequate supplies to Community refi-
neries, a special reduced rate of duty will be levied on
imports of raw cane sugar originating in States with
which the Community has concluded supply agreements
on preferential terms. For the moment such agreements
have been concluded, by Council Decision 2001/870/
EC (6), with the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
(ACP countries) which are parties to the ACP Protocol
on the one hand and with India on the other.

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 190, 23.7.1975, p. 36.
(6) OJ L 325, 8.12.2001, p. 21.

(4)

(5)

In the wake of the accession of Austria, Finland and
Sweden, and in the context of the conclusion of the
negotiations under Article XXIV of the General Agree-
the Community
ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT),
undertook to import
from 1
January 1996, a quantity of raw cane sugar for refining,
at a rate of duty of EUR 98 per tonne.

from third countries,

for

Experience gained in applying Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2782/76 of 17 November 1976 laying down
the importation of
detailed implementing rules
preferential sugar (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2665/98 (8), Commission Regulation (EC) No 2513/
2001 of 20 December 2001 laying down detailed rules
of application for the import of raw cane sugar for
refining under preferential agreements on tariff quotas (9)
and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1507/96 of 29 July
1996 opening and providing for the administration of
certain tariff import quotas for the supply of raw cane
sugar to Community refineries (10), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1250/97 (11), show that it is appro-
priate to adopt common detailed rules for the opening
and administration of imports under the quotas or agree-
ments in question. Those Regulations should therefore
be repealed and replaced by a single act.

for

fixing

advance

certificates

The general rules relating to import licences, laid down
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9
June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the
application of the system of import and export licences
and
agricultural
products (12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
325/2003 (13), and the special rules applicable to the
sugar sector laid down by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1464/95 (14), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
995/2002 (15), must apply.
In order to facilitate the
management of
this Regulation and
ensure that the annual limits are observed, detailed rules
should be laid down relating to import licences for raw
sugar, expressed as white sugar equivalent.

imports under

(7) OJ L 318, 18.11.1976, p. 13.
(8) OJ L 336, 11.12.1998, p. 20.
(9) OJ L 339, 21.12.2001, p. 19.
(10) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 82.
(11) OJ L 173, 1.7.1997, p. 92.
(12) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(13) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 21.
(14) OJ L 144, 28.6.1995, p. 14.
(15) OJ L 152, 12.6.2002, p. 11.

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(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

Since the Council, when fixing the overall tariff quotas
referred to in Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001 and Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1095/96,
made no provision for an overrun of those quantities,
the full rate of duty under the common customs tariff
must apply to all the quantities, converted into white
sugar equivalent, imported over and above those shown
on the import licence.
In order to prevent excessive
imports into the Community of raw sugar from the least
developed countries, provisions should be adopted to
ensure that the quantities of sugar imported are in fact
imported and refined before the end of the marketing
year concerned or before a date set by the Member
State.

In view of the maximum refining needs set for each
Member State and the need to ensure the best possible
monitoring of the allocation of quantities of raw sugar
to be imported, provision should be made for import
licences to be issued and transferred only to refiners in
respect of imports under the tariff quotas referred to in
Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and Article
1 of Regulation (EC) No 1095/96.

Given that unforeseeable delays may occur between the
loading of a consignment of sugar and its delivery, a
certain tolerance should be permitted to take account of
such delays. In addition, in the case of the preferential
sugar referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001,
agreements
covered according to the
concerned by delivery obligations and not by tariff
quotas, provision should be made, in accordance with
current trade practices, for a certain tolerance which will
apply to the total quantities delivered during a delivery
period and on the date of commencement of
that
period.

(11)

(12)

(13)

In order to respect traditional patterns of imports of
quantities covered by the tariff quota provided for in
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) 1095/96 steps should be
taken, in the light of experience gained during the period
of application of Regulation (EC) No 1057/96, to allo-
cate the quota of 85 463 tonnes among countries of
origin from 1 July 2003 using the same distribution key.

To ensure efficient management of preferential imports
under this Regulation, measures need to be adopted
making it possible for the Member States to keep records
of the relevant data, and to report them to the Commis-
sion.

licences

The provisions of this Regulation as regards the granting
and management of
for ACP-India
import
preferential sugar replace those laid down in Article 8(1)
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 779/96 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 995/2002, and Article
7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1464/95. Those paragraphs
must therefore be deleted, and the Regulations in ques-
tion must be amended accordingly.

(14)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

This Regulation lays down detailed rules of application for the
2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for imports
of cane sugar covered by tariff quotas or preferential agree-
ments referred to in:

Article 7 of the ACP Protocol, and Article 7 of the
Agreement with India lay down provisions which apply
where a State fails to deliver its agreed quantity during a
In order to apply those provisions,
delivery period.
methods need to be determined for establishing the
delivery date of a consignment of preferential sugar.

(a) Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001;

(b) Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001;

(c) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1095/96.

The provisions relating to proof of origin contained in
Article 14 of Protocol 1 attached to Annex V to the
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 47 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (1), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 444/2002 (2), will apply, as appropriate,
to show compliance with the provisions laid down in
those regulations
regarding the origin of products
imported under this Regulation.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) ‘refiner’ means any person bringing in imports for the
purpose of supplying a refinery within the meaning of the
fourth subparagraph of Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001;

(b) ‘ACP-India preferential sugar’ means the cane sugar referred
to in Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001;

(c) ‘special preferential

the raw cane sugar
sugar’ means
referred to in Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001;

(1) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 134, 29.5.2003, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 106, 30.4.1996, p. 9.

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(d) ‘CXL concessions sugar’ means the raw cane sugar shown
in Schedule CXL (European Communities) referred to in
Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1095/96;

(e) ‘ACP Protocol’ means Protocol 3 on ACP sugar in Annex V

to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement;

(f) ‘Agreement with India’ means the Agreement between the

Community and India on cane sugar;

(g) ‘delivery period’ means the period defined in the context of

commitments regarding ACP-India preferential sugar;

(h) ‘consignment’ means a quantity of sugar on a specified
vessel which is actually unloaded at a European port deter-
mined by the Community;

(i) ‘tel quel’ weight means the weight of the sugar in the natural

state;

(j) ‘the degree of polarisation shown’ means the actual polari-
metric reading of the raw sugar imported, verified where
necessary by the competent national authorities using the
polarimetric method, and expressed in degrees
to six
decimal places.

Article 3

Imports under the agreements or quota arrangements referred
to in Article 1 shall be subject to the presentation of an import
licence issued in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 1291/
2000 and (EC) No 1464/95, subject to this Regulation.

Article 4

Import

1.
competent body in the importing Member State concerned.

licence applications shall be presented to the

Licences may be issued only within the limits of the delivery
obligations referred to in Article 9 and the quotas referred to in
Articles 16 and 22.

2.
The security for the licences shall be EUR 0,30 per
100 kg of the quantity of sugar shown in box 17 of the
licence.

3.
The period during which import licence applications may
be presented shall start three weeks before the first day of the
marketing year concerned.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, where the limit on the
quantity of ACP-India preferential sugar that must be delivered
in a given delivery period is reached in relation to one of the
exporting countries, the period during which import licence
applications
the subsequent delivery period may be
presented in relation to that country shall start six weeks before
the first day of the marketing year concerned. Such import
issue within the
licences shall be valid from their date of
meaning of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.

for

4.
Import licences issued following applications presented
during the period referred to in the first subparagraph of para-
graph 3 shall be valid from their date of issue within the

meaning of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, or
from the date of commencement of
the marketing year
concerned where it is later. Import licences issued following
applications presented during the period referred to in the
second subparagraph of paragraph 3 shall be valid from their
date of issue within the meaning of Article 23(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1291/2000. Licences shall be valid to the end of the
third following month in the case of ACP-India preferential
sugar, or to the end of the marketing year for which they are
issued in the case of special preferential sugar and CXL conces-
sions sugar.

Article 5

Import licence applications may be presented each week
1.
from Monday to Friday. On the first working day of
the
following week Member States shall communicate to the
Commission of the quantities of white sugar or raw sugar,
where necessary expressed as white sugar equivalent, for which
import licence applications have been presented during the
preceding week, giving the marketing year concerned together
with the quantities for each country of origin.

2.
Unless there are objections on the part of the Commis-
sion licences shall be issued on the fourth working day
following the date of communication referred to in paragraph
1.

The Commission shall draw up a weekly total of the
licence applications have been

3.
quantities for which import
presented.

Where licence applications exceed the quantity of the delivery
obligation by country concerned referred to in Article 9 in the
case of ACP-India preferential sugar, or the quota concerned in
the case of special preferential sugar or CXL concessions sugar,
the Commission shall
limit the issue of licences for which
applications are presented in proportion to the quantity avail-
able and shall
the limit
concerned has been reached.

inform the Member States that

Article 6

Each Member State shall keep a record of the quantities
1.
of white sugar and raw sugar actually imported under the
import licences referred to in Article 4(4), where necessary
converting the quantities of raw sugar into white sugar equiva-
lent on the basis of
the degree of polarisation indicated,
applying the method defined in point II.3 of Annex I to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1260/2001.

In accordance with Article 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2.
1291/2000, the full rate of common customs tariff duty applic-
able on the date of release for free circulation shall apply,
without prejudice to Article 12(3) of this Regulation, to all
imports of white tel quel sugar by weight, raw tel quel sugar by
weight, or raw sugar converted into white sugar equivalent in
excess of the quantities shown in the import licence concerned.

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Article 7

All Member States in the case of ACP-India preferential sugar,
and the Member States specified in Article 39(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 in the case of special preferential sugar
and CXL concessions sugar, shall communicate to the Commis-
sion separately for each quota or delivery obligation and for
each country of origin:

1. before the end of each month:

(a) the quantities of sugar for which import licences have

been issued during the preceding month;

(b) the quantities of raw sugar, or tel quel white sugar by
weight and in white sugar equivalent actually imported
three months before;

(c) the quantities of raw tel quel sugar by weight and in
white sugar equivalent refined three months before;

2. before 1 November for the previous marketing year:

(a) the total quantity actually imported for that marketing

year:

— in the form of white sugar,

— in the form of raw sugar by weight to be refined,

expressed in white sugar equivalent,

— in the form of raw tel quel sugar by weight for direct
consumption, expressed in white sugar equivalent;

(b) the quantity of raw tel quel sugar by weight and in white

sugar equivalent that has actually been refined.

Article 8

The communications referred to in Articles 5(1), and 7 shall be
transmitted electronically on forms furnished to the Member
States by the Commission for that purpose.

TITLE II

ACP-INDIA PREFERENTIAL SUGAR

Article 9

The Commission shall determine the quantities of the
1.
delivery obligations for each delivery period and each exporting
country concerned, in accordance with Articles 3 and 7 of the
ACP Protocol and Articles 3 and 7 of the Agreement with India
and Articles 11 and 12 of this Regulation.

2.
At the request of a Member State or an exporting country
and to resolve duly justified specific cases, the Commission, in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 42(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, may amend the quantities
referred to in paragraph 1. These amendments may comprise
transfers of these quantities between two consecutive delivery
periods provided that this does not disrupt the supply arrange-
ments referred to in Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001.

The total for each delivery period of the quantities of the
3.
delivery obligations
the different exporting countries
concerned shall be imported as preferential ACP-India sugar
under the delivery obligations at zero duty.

for

The delivery obligation for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/
06 marketing years shall bear the following serial number:
‘ACP-India preferential sugar’: No 09.4321.

Article 10

The formal date of delivery of a consignment of ACP-

1.
India preferential sugar shall be:

— the date of presentation to customs of the consignment
referred to in Article 40 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 (1), or

— the date on which the summary declaration referred to in
Article 43 of that Regulation is lodged with the customs
authorities.

Proof of the formal date of delivery shall be furnished by
presenting the copy of the supplementary document referred to
in Article 14(1) or Article 15(2), as appropriate.

2.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, where
the importer provides a declaration from the master of the
vessel certified by the competent port authority showing that
the consignment is ready for unloading at the port concerned,
the formal date of delivery shall be the date on which the
consignment is ready for unloading as shown on the declara-
tion.

Article 11

1. Where a quantity of ACP-India preferential sugar covering
all or part of the delivery obligations is delivered after the
expiry of the relevant delivery period, the delivery shall never-
theless be counted against that period if the quantity concerned
was loaded at the exporting port in good time, taking into
account the normal duration of transport.

The normal duration of transport shall be the number of days
obtained by dividing by 480 the distance in nautical miles of
the normal route separating the two ports in question.

2.
Paragraph 1 shall not apply to a quantity which has been
the subject of a Commission decision pursuant to Article 7(1)
or (2) of the ACP Protocol or to Article 7(1) or (2) of the
Agreement with India.

Article 12

1. Where, for a given exporting country, the total quantity
of ACP-India preferential sugar counted against a given delivery
period is less than the delivery obligations, the provisions of
Article 7 of the ACP Protocol or Article 7 of the Agreement
with India shall apply.

2.
Paragraph 1 shall not apply where the difference between
the quantity of delivery obligations and the total quantity of
ACP-India preferential sugar counted is 5 % or less than the
delivery obligations and 5 000 tonnes or less of sugar expressed
as white sugar.

(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

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Notwithstanding Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/
3.
2000, and provided they are covered by a certificate of origin
as referred to in Article 14 or Article 15 of this Regulation, as
appropriate, the quantities imported within the positive toler-
ance provided for in Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/
2000 shall be eligible under the arrangements for ACP-India
preferential sugar.

4. Where the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 apply, the
balance of the differences shall, as appropriate, be added to the
delivery obligations or deducted from them, by the Commis-
sion.

Article 13

— Anvendelse af forordning (EF) nr. 1159/2003, nr. …

(præferencesukker AVS-Indien: nr. 09.4321)

— Anwendung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1159/2003, Nr.

… (Präferenzzucker AKP-Indien: Nr. 09.4321)

— Εφαρµογή του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1159/2003, αριθ. …

(προτιµησιακή ζάχαρη ΑΚΕ-Ινδία: αριθ. 09.4321)

— Application of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003, No …

(ACP-India preferential sugar: No 09.4321)

— Application du règlement (CE) no 1159/2003, no …

(sucre préférentiel ACP-Inde: no 09.4321)

— Applicazione del regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2003, n. …

(zucchero preferenziale ACP-India: n. 09.4321)

Import
following entries:

licence applications and licences shall contain the

— Toepassing van Verordening (EG) nr. 1159/2003, nr. …

(preferentiële suiker ACS-India: nr. 09.4321)

(a) in box 8: the country of origin (a country covered by the

ACP Protocol, or India);

— Aplicação do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1159/2003, n.o …

(açúcar preferencial ACP-Índia: no 09.4321)

(b) in boxes 17 and 18: the quantity of sugar expressed as

white sugar equivalent;

(c) in box 20, at least one of the following entries:

— Aplicación del Reglamento (CE) no 1159/2003, no …

(azúcar preferente ACP-India: no 09.4321)

— Anvendelse af forordning (EF) nr. 1159/2003, nr. …

(præferencesukker AVS Indien: nr. 09.4321)

— Anwendung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1159/2003, Nr.

… (Präferenzzucker AKP Indien: Nr. 09.4321)

— Εφαρµογή του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1159/2003, αριθ. …

(προτιµησιακή ζάχαρη ΑΚΕ-Ινδία: αριθ. 09.4321)

— Application of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003, No …

(ACP-India preferential sugar: No 09.4321)

— Application du règlement (CE) no 1159/2003, no …

(sucre préférentiel ACP Inde: no 09.4321)

— Applicazione del regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2003, n. …

(zucchero preferenziale ACP-India: n. 09.4321)

— Toepassing van Verordening (EG) nr. 1159/2003, nr. …

(preferentiële suiker ACS-India: nr. 09.4321)

— Aplicação do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1159/2003, n.o …

(açúcar preferencial ACP Índia: no 09.4321)

— Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1159/2003 soveltaminen, nro …
nro

oikeutettu AKT-Intia-sokeri:

(etuuskohteluun
09.4321)

— Tillämpning av förordning (EG) nr 1159/2003, nr …

(förmånssocker AVS-Indien: nr 09.4321)

Notwithstanding Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/
import licences containing in boxes 15 and 16 the
2000,
description and CN code 1701 99 10 may be used, where
appropriate,
sugar covered by CN code
1701 11 90.

imports of

for

— Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1159/2003 soveltaminen, nro …
nro

oikeutettu AKT-Intia-sokeri:

(etuuskohteluun
09.4321)

— Tillämpning av förordning (EG) nr 1159/2003, nr …

(förmånssocker AVS-Indien: nr 09.4321)

(b) the date of embarkation of the goods and the delivery
period concerned, the period shown having no impact on
the validity, upon import, of the certificate of origin;

(c) the CN subheading for the product concerned.

2.
The proof of origin and the supplementary document
containing the description of sugar covered by CN code
1701 99 10 may be used, where appropriate, for imports of
sugar covered by CN code 1701 11.

The party concerned shall provide

3.
competent
authority in the Member State of release for free circulation, for
control purposes as required, with a copy of the supplementary
document referred to in paragraph 1 containing:

the

(a) the date, established on the basis of a shipping document,
on which loading of the sugar at the port of exportation
was completed;

(b) the date referred to in Article 10(1);

(c) information relating to the import operation, in particular
the degree of polarisation indicated, and the tel quel quanti-
ties, by weight, actually imported.

Article 14

1.
As well as the proof of origin referred to in Article 14 of
Protocol 1 attached to Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement, a supplementary document shall be presented,
bearing:

(a) at least one of the following entries:

— Aplicación del Reglamento (CE) no 1159/2003, no …

(azúcar preferente ACP-India: no 09.4321)

Article 15

1.
For the purposes of this Title, all ACP-India preferential
sugar whose origin is determined in accordance with the provi-
sions in force in the Community and for which proof of origin
is furnished in the form of a certificate of origin issued in
accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93,
shall be considered as originating in India.

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2.

A supplementary document shall be presented, bearing:

(a) at least one of the following entries:

— Aplicación del Reglamento (CE) no 1159/2003, no …

(azúcar preferente ACP-India: no 09.4321)

— Anvendelse af forordning (EF) nr. 1159/2003, nr. …

(præferencesukker AVS-Indien: nr. 09.4321)

— Anwendung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1159/2003, Nr.

… (Präferenzzucker AKP-Indien: Nr. 09.4321)

— Εφαρµογή του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1159/2003, αριθ. …

(προτιµησιακή ζάχαρη ΑΚΕ-Ινδία: αριθ. 09.4321)

— Application of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003, No …

(ACP-India preferential sugar: No 09.4321)

— Application du règlement (CE) no 1159/2003, no …

(sucre préférentiel ACP-Inde: no 09.4321)

— Applicazione del regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2003, n. …

(zucchero preferenziale ACP-India: n. 09.4321)

— Toepassing van Verordening (EG) nr. 1159/2003, nr. …

(preferentiële suiker ACS-India: nr. 09.4321)

— Aplicação do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1159/2003, n.o …

(açúcar preferencial ACP-Índia: n.o 09.4321)

— Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1159/2003 soveltaminen, nro …
nro

oikeutettu AKT Intia-sokeri:

(etuuskohteluun
09.4321)

— Tillämpning av förordning (EG) nr 1159/2003, nr …

(förmånssocker AVS-Indien: nr 09.4321)

(b) the date of embarkation of the goods and the delivery
period concerned, the period shown having no impact on
the validity, upon import, of the certificate of origin;

(c) the CN subheading for the product concerned.

3.
The certificate of origin and the supplementary document
containing the description of sugar covered by CN code
1701 99 may be used, where appropriate, for imports of sugar
covered by CN code 1701 11.

The party concerned shall provide

4.
competent
authority in the Member State of release for free circulation, for
control purposes as required, with a copy of the supplementary
document referred to in paragraph 2 containing:

the

(a) the date, established on the basis of the appropriate ship-
ping document, on which loading of the sugar at the port
of exportation in India was completed;

(b) the date referred to in Article 10(1);

(c) information relating to the import operation, in particular
the degree of polarisation indicated, and the quantities of
raw sugar actually imported.

TITLE III

SPECIAL PREFERENTIAL SUGAR

Article 16

The Commission shall determine, in accordance with the proce-
dure referred to in Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001, the shortfall quantities referred to in the second subpara-
graph of Article 39(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 for

each marketing year or part of a marketing year on the basis of
an exhaustive Community forecast supply balance for raw
sugar. Those quantities shall be imported as special preferential
sugar under tariff quotas at zero duty. They may be allocated
among the Member State specified in Article 39(2) of Regula-
their maximum
tion (EC) No 1260/2001 on the basis of
presumed needs.

The delivery obligation for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/
06 marketing years shall bear the following serial number:
‘ACP-India preferential sugar’: No 09.4322.

Article 17

1.
A minimum purchase price for standard quality raw sugar
(cif free at Community European ports), to be paid by refiners,
shall apply to imports under the quotas referred to in Article
16.

The minimum purchase price for each marketing year
2.
shall correspond to the intervention price for
raw sugar
referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001,
reduced by the amount, multiplied by a yield of 0,92 for raw
sugar, of the adjustment aid to the refining industry applicable
for the marketing year in question.

Article 18

Import licences may be issued only by the Member States
1.
specified in Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001
and only to refiners who undertake in a declaration accompa-
nying their licence application to refine the quantity of raw
sugar concerned before the end of the marketing year during
which it is imported.

Refiners may transfer their import licences to other refi-
2.
ners. In that event, the parties concerned shall
immediately
notify the competent authority thereof in the Member State
which issued the licences. However, import and refining obliga-
tions shall not be transferable and Article 9 of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000 shall continue to apply.

3. Where release for free circulation does not take place in
the Member State which issued the import
the
importing Member State shall collect the certificate of origin
and the supplementary document, completed as provided for in
Articles 20 and 21, and forward a copy thereof to the Member
State which issued the import licence.

licence,

4.
The refiner who applied for the import licence shall,
within three months following the expiry of the refining period
referred to in paragraph 1, provide the Member State which
issued the licence with proof acceptable to it that refining has
taken place.

5. Where the sugar is not refined within the period set, the
refiner who applied for the licence shall pay an amount equal
to the full rate of duty applicable during the marketing year
concerned to raw sugar falling within CN code 1701 11 90,
plus, where appropriate, the highest additional rate of duty
recorded during that marketing year.

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the marketing year concerned,

6. Where it has not been possible for a quantity of sugar to
be delivered in sufficient time to enable it to be refined before
the end of
the importing
Member State may, at the request of the refiner, extend the
period of validity of the licence for 30 days from the beginning
of the following marketing year. In that event, the quantity of
raw sugar in question shall count against and be within the
limits of the quota for the preceding marketing year.

7. Where it has not been possible to refine a quantity of
sugar before the end of the marketing year concerned, the
Member State in question may, at the request of the refiner,
extend the refining period by a maximum of 90 days from the
beginning of the following marketing year. In that case, the
raw sugar in question shall be refined within that extended
period and shall count against and be within the limits of the
quota for the preceding marketing year.

— ‘„Bijzondere preferentiële suiker”, ruwe suiker bestemd
om te worden geraffineerd,
ingevoerd overeenkomstig
artikel 39, lid 1, van Verordening (EG) nr. 1260/2001,
contingent nr. … (bijzondere preferentiële suiker: nr.
09.4322)’

— ‘“Açúcar preferencial especial”, açúcar bruto para refi-
nação,
importado em conformidade com o n.o 1 do
artigo 39.o do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1260/2001,
Contingente n.o … (açúcar preferencial especial: n.o
09.4322)’

— ‘’Erityiseen etuuskohteluun oikeutettu sokeri’, puhdistet-
tavaksi tarkoitettu raakasokeri, joka on tuotu asetuksen
(EY) N:o 1260/2001 39 artiklan 1 kohdan mukaisesti,
Kiintiö nro … (erityiseen etuuskohteluun oikeutettu
sokeri: nro 09.4322)’

— ‘’Särskilt förmånssocker’, råsocker för raffinering som
importeras i enlighet med artikel 39.1 i förordning (EG)
nr 1260/2001, tullkvot nr … (särskilt förmånssocker:
nr 09.4322)’

Article 19

Import
following entries

licence applications and licences shall contain the

(a) in box 8: the country or countries of origin (country/coun-

tries covered by the ACP Protocol, or India);

Article 20

1.
As well as the proof of origin referred to in Article 14 of
Protocol 1 attached to Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement, a supplementary document shall be presented,
bearing:

(b) in boxes 17 and 18: the quantity of raw sugar expressed as

(a) at least one of the following entries:

white sugar equivalent;

(c) in box 20, at least one of the following entries:

refino,

— ‘Azúcar preferente especial, azúcar en bruto destinado
al
importado en virtud del apartado 1 del
artículo 39 del Reglamento (CE) no 1260/2001. Contin-
gente no … (azúcar preferente especial: no 09.4322)’

— ‘»Særligt præferencesukker«, råsukker bestemt til raffi-
nering, der indføres i henhold til artikel 39, stk. 1, i
forordning (EF) nr. 1260/2001, Kontingent nr. …
(Særligt præferencesukker: nr. 09.4322)’

— ‘‚Sonderpräferenzzucker‘: gemäß Artikel 39 Absatz 1
der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1260/2001 eingeführter
Rohzucker
zur Raffination, Kontingent Nr. …
(Sonderpräferenzzucker: Nr. 09.4322)’

— ‘Ειδική προτιµησιακή ζάχαρη, ακατέργαστη ζάχαρη για
ραφινάρισµα, εισαγόµενη σύµφωνα µε το άρθρο 39 παρά-
γραφος 1 του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1260/2001, ποσόσ-
τωση αριθ. … (ειδική προτιµησιακή ζάχαρη: αριθ.
09.4322)’

— ‘Special preferential

refining,
imported in accordance with Article 39(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001, Quota No … (ACP-India preferen-
tial sugar: No 09.4322)’

raw sugar

sugar,

for

— ‘“Sucre préférentiel spécial”, sucre brut destiné à être
raffiné,
importé conformément à l'article 39, para-
graphe 1, du règlement (CE) no 1260/2001, contingent
no … (sucre préférentiel spécial: no 09.4322)’

— ‘Zucchero preferenziale speciale, zucchero greggio desti-
nato alla raffinazione importato ai sensi dell'articolo 39,
paragrafo 1, del
regolamento (CE) n. 1260/2001.
Contingente n. … (zucchero preferenziale ACP-India: n.
09.4322)’

— Contingente no … (azúcar preferente

especial: no

09.4322) — Reglamento (CE) no 1159/2003

— Kontingent nr. … (Særligt præferencesukker: nr.

09.4322), — forordning (EF) nr. 1159/2003

— Kontingent Nr. … (Sonderpräferenzzucker: Nr.

09.4322) — Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1159/2003

— Ποσόστωση αριθ. … (ειδική προτιµησιακή ζάχαρη: αριθ.

09.4322) — κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1159/2003

— Quota No … (ACP-India preferential

sugar: No

09.4322) — Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

— Contingent no … (sucre préférentiel

spécial: no

09.4322) — Règlement (CE) no 1159./2003

— Contingente n. … (zucchero preferenziale ACP-India: n.

09.4322) — regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2003

— Contingent nr. … (bijzondere preferentiële suiker: nr.

09.4322) — Verordening (EG) nr. 1159/2003

— Contingente n.o … (açúcar preferencial especial: n.o

09.4322) — regulamento (CE) n.o 1159/2003

— Kiintiö nro … (erityiseen etuuskohteluun oikeutettu
sokeri: nro 09.4322) — asetus (EY) N:o 1159/2003

— Tullkvot nr … (särskilt förmånssocker: nr 09.4322), —

förordning (EG) nr 1159/2003.

(b) CN code 1701 11 10.

the

The party concerned shall provide

competent
2.
authority in the importing Member State, for control purposes
as required, with a copy of
the supplementary document
referred to in paragraph 1 containing the information relating
to the import operation, in particular the degree of polarisation
indicated, and the tel quel quantities, by weight, actually
released for free circulation.

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Article 21

1.
For the purposes of this Title, special preferential sugar
whose origin is determined in accordance with the provisions
in force in the Community and for which proof of origin is
furnished in the form of a certificate of origin issued in accor-
dance with Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, shall
be considered as originating in India.

A supplementary document shall be presented, bearing at

2.
least one of the following entries:

— Contingente no … (azúcar preferente especial: no 09.4322)

— Reglamento (CE) no 1159/2003

— Kontingent nr. … (Særligt præferencesukker: nr. 09.4322),

— forordning (EF) nr. 1159/2003

— Kontingent Nr. … (Sonderpräferenzzucker: Nr. 09.4322) —

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1159/2003

— Ποσόστωση αριθ. … (ειδική προτιµησιακή ζάχαρη: αριθ.

09.4322) — κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1159/2003

— Quota No … (ACP-India preferential sugar: No 09.4322) —

Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

— Contingent no … (sucre préférentiel spécial: no 09.4322) —

règlement (CE) no 1159/2003

— Contingente n. … (zucchero preferenziale ACP-India: n.

09.4322) — regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2003

— Contingent nr. … (bijzondere preferentiële suiker: nr.

09.4322) — Verordening (EG) nr. 1159/2003

— Contingente n.o … (açúcar preferencial
09.4322) — regulamento (CE) n.o 1159/2003

especial: n.o

— Kiintiö nro … (erityiseen etuuskohteluun oikeutettu sokeri:

nro 09.4322) — asetus (EY) N:o 1159/2003

— Tullkvot nr … (särskilt

förmånssocker: nr 09.4322),

-

förordning (EG) nr 1159/2003

The party concerned shall provide

competent
3.
authority in the importing Member State, for control purposes
as required, with a copy of
the supplementary document
referred to in paragraph 2 containing the information relating
to the import operation, in particular the degree of polarisation
indicated, and the quantities of raw sugar actually imported.

the

TITLE IV

CXL CONCESSIONS SUGAR

Article 22

1.
A quantity of 85 463 tonnes of raw cane sugar for
refining, falling within CN code 1701 11 10, shall be imported
in each marketing year as CXL concessions sugar under the
tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne.

The delivery obligation for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/
06 marketing years shall bear the following serial number:
‘CXL concessions sugar’: No 09.4323.

The quantities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allo-

2.
cated by country of origin as follows:

— Cuba:

— Brazil:

— other third countries:

58 969 tonnes

23 930 tonnes,

2 564 tonnes.

They shall be counted against the quantities referred to in
Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and taken into
account for the purpose of applying paragraphs 3 and 4 of that
Article.

3.
The duty of EUR 98 per tonne shall apply to standard
quality raw sugar as defined in Annex I, point II, to Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001.

Where the polarisation reading of the imported raw sugar
departs from 96 degrees, the duty of EUR 98 per tonne shall
be increased or reduced, as appropriate, by 0,14 % per tenth of
a degree difference established.

Article 23

1.
Import licences may be issued only by the Member States
specified in Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001
and only to refiners who undertake in a declaration accompa-
nying their licence application to refine the quantity of raw
sugar concerned before the end of the marketing year during
which it is imported.

2.
Refiners may transfer their import licences to other refi-
immediately
ners. In that event, the parties concerned shall
notify the competent authority thereof in the Member State
which issued the licences. However, import and refining obliga-
tions shall not be transferable and Article 9 of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000 shall continue to apply.

3. Where import does not take place in the Member State
which issued the import licence, the importing Member State
shall collect
supplementary document, completed as
provided for in Article 25, and forward a copy thereof to the
Member State which issued the import licence.

the

4.
The refiner who applied for the import licence shall,
within three months following the expiry of the refining period
referred to in paragraph 1, provide the Member State which
issued the licence with proof acceptable to it that refining has
taken place.

5. Where the sugar is not refined within the period set, the
refiner who applied for the licence shall pay an amount equal
to the full rate of duty applicable during the marketing year
concerned to raw sugar falling within CN code 1701 11 90,
plus, where appropriate, the highest additional rate of duty
recorded during that marketing year.

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the marketing year concerned,

6. Where it has not been possible for a quantity of sugar to
be delivered in sufficient time to enable it to be refined before
the end of
the importing
Member State may, at the request of the refiner, extend the
period of validity of the licence for 30 days from the beginning
of the following marketing year. In that event, the quantity of
raw sugar in question shall count against and be within the
limits of the quota for the preceding marketing year.

7. Where it has not been possible to refine a quantity of
sugar before the end of the marketing year concerned, the
Member State in question may, at the request of the refiner,
extend the refining period by a maximum of 90 days from the
beginning of the following marketing year. In that case, the
raw sugar in question shall be refined within that extended
period and shall count against and be within the limits of the
quota for the preceding marketing year.

Article 24

Import
following entries

licence applications and licences shall contain the

(a) in box 8:

the country (country covered by the special
arrangements for the countries referred to in Article 21(2));

(b) in boxes 17 and 18: the quantity of raw sugar by tel quel

weight;

(c) in box 20, at least one of the following entries:

— ‘Azúcar concesiones CXL, azúcar en bruto destinado al
refino, importado en virtud del apartado 1 del artículo
22 del Reglamento (CE) no 1159/2003. Contingente no
… (azúcar concesiones CXL: no 09.4323)’

— ‘»CXL-indrømmelsessukker«, råsukker bestemt til raffi-
nering,
i
forordning (EF) nr. 1159/2003. Kontingent nr. … (CXL-
indrømmelsessukker: nr. 09.4323)’

i henhold til artikel 22,

stk. 1,

indført

— ‘‚Zucker Zugeständnisse CXL‘: gemäß Artikel 22 Absatz
1 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1159/2003 eingeführter
Rohzucker zur Raffination. Kontingent Nr. … (Zucker
Zugeständnisse CXL: Nr. 09.4323)’

— ‘Ζάχαρη παραχωρήσεων CXL, ακατέργαστη ζάχαρη για
ραφινάρισµα, που εισάγεται σύµφωνα µε το άρθρο 22
παράγραφος 1 του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1159/2003.
Ποσόστωση αριθ. … (ζάχαρη παραχωρήσεων CXL: αριθ.
09.4323)’

sugar,

— ‘CXL concessions

refining,
imported in accordance with Article 22(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1159/2003. Quota No … (CXL concessions
sugar: No 09.4323)’

raw sugar

for

— ‘“Sucre concessions CXL”, sucre brut destiné à être
raffiné,
importé conformément à l'article 22, para-
graphe 1, du règlement (CE) no 1159/2003. Contingent
no … (sucre concessions CXL: no 09.4323)’

— ‘Zucchero concessioni CXL, zucchero greggio destinato
alla raffinazione importato ai sensi dell'articolo 22,
paragrafo 1, del
regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2003.
Contingente n. … (zucchero concessioni CXL: n.
09.4323)’

— ‘„Suiker CXL-concessies”, voor raffinage bestemde ruwe
suiker, ingevoerd overeenkomstig artikel 22, lid 1, van
Verordening (EG) nr. 1159/2003. Contingent nr. …
(suiker CXL-concessies: nr. 09.4323)’

— ‘“Açúcar concesso˜ es CXL”, açúcar bruto para refinação,
importado em conformidade com o n.o 1 do artigo 22.o
do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1159/2003. Contingente n.o
… (açúcar concesso˜ es CXL: n.o 09.4323)’

— ‘’CXL-myönnytyksiin oikeutettu sokeri’, puhdistettavaksi
tarkoitettu raakasokeri,
joka on tuotu asetuksen (EY)
N:o 1159/2003 22 artiklan 1 kohdan mukaisesti.
Kiintiö nro … (CXL-myönnytyksiin oikeutettu sokeri:
nro 09.4323)’

— ‘Socker enligt CXL-medgivande, råsocker för raffinering
som har importerats i enlighet med artikel 22.1 i
förordning (EG) nr 1159/2003. Tullkvot nr … (socker
enligt CXL-medgivande: nr 09.4323)’

(d) in box 24, at least one of the following entries:

— ‘Importación sujeta a un derecho de 9,8 euros por 100
kilogramos de azúcar en bruto de la calidad tipo en
aplicación del artículo 22 del Reglamento (CE) no 1159/
2003’

— ‘Indførsel med en afgift på 9,8 EUR pr. 100 kg
råsukker af standardkvalitet i henhold til artikel 22 i
forordning (EF) nr. 1159/2003’

— ‘Einfuhr

zum Zollsatz

von 9,8 EUR je 100 kg
Rohzucker der Standardqualität gemäß Artikel 22 der
Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1159/2003’

— ‘Εισαγωγή µε δασµό 9,8 ευρώ ανά 100 χιλιόγραµµα
ακατέργαστης ζάχαρης του ποιοτικού τύπου σε εφαρµογή
του άρθρου 22, του κανονισµού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1159/2003’

— ‘Import at a duty of EUR 9,8 per 100 kilograms of
standard quality raw sugar in accordance with Article
22 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003’

— ‘Importation à droit de 9,8 euros par 100 kilogrammes
de sucre brut de la qualité type en application de l'ar-
ticle 22 du règlement (CE) no 1159/2003’

— ‘Importazione con un dazio di 9,8 EUR/100 kg di
zucchero greggio della qualità tipo in applicazione
dell'articolo 22 del regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2003’

— ‘Invoerrecht van 9,8 euro per 100 kilogram ruwe suiker
van standaardkwaliteit, overeenkomstig artikel 22 van
Verordening (EG) nr. 1159/2003’

— ‘Importação com direito de 9,8 euros por 100 quilo-
gramas de açúcar bruto da qualidade-tipo, nos termos
do artigo 22.o do Regulamento (CE) n.o 1159/2003’

— ‘Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1159/2003 22 artiklan mukaisesti
9,8 euron tullilla 100:aa kilogrammaa kohden tuotava
vakiolaatua oleva raakasokeri’

— ‘Import till en tullsats av 9,8 euro per 100 kg råsocker
av standardkvalitet med tillämpning av artikel 22 i
förordning (EG) nr 1159/2003’

Article 25

1.
For the purposes of this Title, all CXL concessions sugar
whose origin is determined in accordance with the provisions
in force in the Community and for which proof of origin is
furnished in the form of a certificate of origin issued in accor-
dance with Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall be
considered as originating in Cuba and Brazil.

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A supplementary document shall be presented, bearing at

2.
least one of the following entries:

— ‘Contingente no … (azúcar concesiones CXL: no 09.4323)

— Reglamento (CE) no 1159/2003’

— ‘Kontingent nr. … (CXL-indrømmelsessukker: nr. 09.4323)

— forordning (EF) nr. 1159/2003’

— ‘Kontingent Nr. … (Zucker Zugeständnisse CXL: Nr.

09.4323) — Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1159/2003’

— ‘Ποσόστωση αριθ. … (ζάχαρη παραχωρήσεων CXL: αριθ.

09.4323) — κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1159/2003’

— ‘Quota No … (CXL concessions sugar: No 09.4323) —

Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003’

— ‘Contingent no … (sucre concessions CXL: no 09.4323) —

règlement (CE) no 1159/2003’

— ‘Contingente n. … (zucchero concessioni CXL: n. 09.4323)

— regolamento (CE) n. 1159/2003’

— ‘Contingent nr. … (suiker CXL-concessies: nr. 09.4323) —

Verordening (EG) nr. 1159/2003’

Article 26

In the case of the quantities for Cuba and Brazil indicated in
Article 22(2) for which import licences have not been issued
before 1 April of the current marketing year, the Commission
shall decide, taking into account the delivery programmes, that
the licences may be allocated to the other third countries
referred to in that Article.

TITLE V

AMENDING, REPEALING AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 27

Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 779/96 is hereby deleted.

Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 is hereby deleted.

Article 28

— ‘Contingente n.o … (açúcar concesso˜ es CXL: n.o 09.4323)

— Regulamento (CE) n.o 1159/2003’

Regulations (EEC) No 2782/76 and (EC) No 1507/96 and (EC)
No 2513/2001 are hereby repealed.

— ‘Kiintiö nro … (CXL-myönnytyksiin oikeutettu sokeri: nro

09.4323) — asetus (EY) N:o 1159/2003’

— ‘Tullkvot nr … (socker

enligt CXL-medgivande: nr

09.4323), — förordning (EG) nr 1159/2003’

The party concerned shall provide

3.
competent
authority in the importing Member State, for control purposes
as required, with a copy of
the supplementary document
referred to in paragraph 2 containing the information relating
to the import operation, in particular the degree of polarisation
indicated, and the quantities of raw sugar actually imported.

the

However, they shall continue to apply to imports for which
loading took place and/or import declarations were accepted
before the implementation of this Regulation.

Article 29

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 July 2003.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission