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Commission Regulation (EC) No 92/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the issue of import licences for sugar and mixtures of sugar and cocoa qualifying as ACP/OCT and EC/OCT originating products in response to applications submitted in January 2004
Date: 2004-01-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, EU Member State, cocoa, import licence, originating product, overseas countries and territories, sugar

L 14/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.1.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 92/2004

of 20 January 2004

on the issue of import licences for sugar and mixtures of sugar and cocoa qualifying as ACP/OCT
and EC/OCT originating products in response to applications submitted in January 2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27
November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries
and territories with the European Community (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2002 of
31 January 2002 laying down detailed rules for issuing import
licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCT
or EC/OCT cumulation of origin (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2302/2003
of 29 December 2003 derogating from Regulation (EC) No
192/2002 laying down detailed rules
issuing import
licences for sugar and sugar and cocoa mixtures with ACP/OCT
or EC/OCT cumulation of origin (3), and in particular Article
1(3) thereof,

for

Whereas:

of 28 000 tonnes of sugar. Regulation (EC) No 2302/
2003 sets
applications
for
submitted in January 2004 at 9 333 tonnes.

the quantity available

Applications have been submitted to the national autho-
rities in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 192/2002
for the issue of import licences for a total quantity of
48 946 tonnes, exceeding the available quantity fixed by
Regulation (EC) No 2302/2003.

Under Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2302/2003 it
is accordingly necessary to set the single reducing coeffi-
cient to be applied to each application submitted,

(2)

(3)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences covered by applications submitted by 9 January
2004 under Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2302/2003 shall
be issued for 19,067952 % of the quantity applied for.

(1)

Article 6(4) of Annex III
to Decision 2001/822/EC
allows ACP/EC-OCT cumulation of origin in the case of
products falling within Chapter 17 and tariff headings
1806 10 30 and 1806 10 90 up to an annual quantity

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 20 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 55.
(3) OJ L 342, 30.12.2003, p. 4.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0021/04 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission. Urgent adoption of a directive on aircraft safety imposing stringent and uniform checks.
Date: 2004-01-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: air safety, aircraft, airport, common transport policy, drafting of EU law, safety standard, third country, transport safety

3.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 84 E/153

(2004/C 84 E/0190)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0021/04

by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission

(20 January 2004)

Subject: Urgent adoption of a directive on aircraft safety imposing stringent and uniform checks

A proposal for a directive requiring all Member States to report the results of national inspections carried
out on defective aircraft has been in existence since 1997; the proposal also provides for mandatory
inspections even in the case of the slightest suspicion in terms of aircraft safety but it has still not been
adopted.

Why has this directive not been adopted?

Does the Commission not consider that it should require checks in all Member States to satisfy the same
standards of thoroughness and stringency?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(2 March 2004)

The European Parliament and Council directive on the safety of third countries’ aircraft using Community
airports will be adopted shortly.

The Commission’s initial proposal of 1997 could not be adopted within the timeframe laid down by the
EC Treaty on account of divergences within the Council. Once these problems were overcome, the
the
in January 2002.
Commission presented a new proposal
abovementioned directive will be adopted.

is on the basis of

this text

that

It

The directive makes provision ‘inter alia’ for measures to be taken to adapt inspection procedures, thus
enabling the quality of inspections to be ensured.

(2004/C 84 E/0191)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0038/04

by Juan Izquierdo Collado (PSE) to the Commission

(12 January 2004)

Subject: Illegal imports of dolphins

In 2001 the Portuguese Government, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (1) on CITES, banned
imports of dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) caught in their natural environment. Spain is currently the only
country which allows dolphins to be imported (from Cuba), and once they have been brought into Spain
they can be freely moved around the rest of the European Union. Lisbon Zoo has applied to the
Portuguese authorities for permits in order to enable it to purchase dolphins from the Oceanográfico in
Valencia (cid:1) dolphins which are brought in from Cuba and which may not be imported directly into
Portugal.

When are the EU Member States going to implement coordinated policies in this area, in order to prevent
Spain from becoming the gateway to Europe for species which may not be traded in the other EU
countries?

(1) OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-0133/04 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission. Fishery control agency in Vigo.
Date: 2004-01-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU office or agency, fishing controls, legal basis, powers of the institutions (EU), recruitment, seat of institution

C 84 E/312

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

3.4.2004

(2004/C 84 E/0359)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0133/04

by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission

(20 January 2004)

Subject: Fishery control agency in Vigo

On 13 December 2003 the European Council decided to set up a fishery control agency, with its
headquarters in Vigo.

Is the Commission already working on a proposal for a regulation which will provide the requisite legal
basis for this Agency? What powers and resources will the Agency have?

Has the Commission already begun to draw up the economic study for the way the Agency will operate?

When, approximately, does the Commission believe the Agency will begin operations in Vigo?

How many Community officials and temporary agents, and of what categories, will be working for it? How
many local agents, in addition to the statutory staff, does the Commission calculate it will employ?

Has the Commission begun to look for a building in Vigo to accommodate the Agency? Have the Spanish
authorities made the Commission any offer in this connection? If so, what are the details?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(12 February 2004)

The Commission welcomes the conclusion reached by the Member States at the Heads of State and
Government meeting on 13 December 2003 in Brussels regarding the establishment of a European
fisheries control agency, whose headquarters will be in Spain.

According to the information at the Commission’s disposal, it would seem that the Spanish Government
wishes the agency to be located in the city of Vigo in Galicia.

In March 2004 the Commission will present a proposal to the Council and to Parliament for a Regulation
setting up the Community fisheries control agency. The proposal will include the agency’s budget, with
detailed information on its staff numbers and their grades.

A study which the Commission asked to be undertaken in 2003 will evaluate the agency’s operating
procedures.

Once established, the agency will progressively assume its functions. The agency’s location will in any case
be the subject of an agreement between it and the Spanish authorities, to be concluded after the agency’s
management board has been set up and its director appointed.

(2004/C 84 E/0360)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0134/04

by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission

(20 January 2004)

Subject: Collapse of Parmalat and insufficient checks by Bankitalia

The financial collapse of the Italian Parmalat group highlighted a serious lack of checks by Bankitalia
regarding the Parmalat group’s relations with the Italian banking system. The stock market watchdog,
Consob, expressed its disappointment at being denied access by the Italian central bank to data held by
Bankitalia’s risks bureau on Parmalat’s position.