Commission Regulation (EC) No 497/2004 of 17 March 2004 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Date: 2004-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cane sugar, import licence, preferential agreement, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 497/2004

of 17 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,

(3)

(4)

(5)

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.

In the week of 8 to 12 March 2004 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 alloca-
tion by country of origin for CXL concessions sugar
specified in Article 22(2) of that regulation.

In these circumstances the Commission must set reduc-
tion coefficients to be used so that licences are issued for
quantities scaled down in proportion to the total avail-
able and must indicate that the limit in question has
been reached,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

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.

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 coun-
tries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.

Article 1

In the case of import licence applications presented from 8 to
12 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 18 March 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 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.

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ANNEX

ACP-India Preferential Sugar

Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2003/04 marketing year

Country

Week of 8 to 12 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 8 to 12 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 8 to 12 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 8 to 12 March 2004: percentage
of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

Brazil

Cuba

Other third countries

reached

0

100

100