Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/2004 of 10 March 2004 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Date: 2004-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cane sugar, import licence, preferential agreement, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 449/2004

of 10 March 2004

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 2003/04, 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 (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)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 443/2004 of 10 March
2004 fixing the quantities of the delivery obligations for
sugar cane to be imported under the ACP Protocol and
the India Agreement for the 2003/04 delivery period (4)
fixed a delivery obligation for Tanzania higher than all
the import licence applications submitted to date for the
2003/04 delivery period.

In these circumstances,
it
should be indicated that the maximum quantity of the
delivery obligation for Tanzania for the delivery period
concerned has not been reached,

in the interests of clarity,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of import licence applications presented from 1 to
5 March 2004 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 11 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 March 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-

sion Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25.

(4) See page 52 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

ACP-India Preferential Sugar

Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2003/04 marketing year

Country

Week of 1 to 5 March 2004: percentage
of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

Barbados

Belize

Congo

Fiji

Guyana

India

Côte d'Ivoire

Jamaica

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Swaziland

Tanzania

Trinidad and Tobago

Zambia

Zimbabwe

100

0

0

100

100

0

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

0

reached

reached

reached

reached

Special Preferential Sugar

Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2003/04 marketing year

Quota opened for the Member States referred to in Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, except
Slovenia

Country

Week of 1 to 5 March 2004: percentage
of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

India

Other countries

100

100

Special Preferential Sugar

Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2003/04 marketing year

Quota opened for Slovenia

Country

Week of 1 to 5 March 2004: percentage
of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

ACP

100

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CXL concessions sugar

Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2003/04 marketing year

Country

Week of 1 to 5 March 2004: percentage
of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

Brazil

Cuba

Other third countries

100

100

100