2004/910/ec Council Decision of 26 April 2004 on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and, of the one part, Barbados, Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Surinam, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe and, of the other part, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 delivery periods
Date: 2004-04-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: ACP countries, India, agreement (EU), cane sugar, guaranteed price

31.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 391/1

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 26 April 2004

on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and, of the one part, Barbados, Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative
Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of
Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Surinam, Saint
Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of
Zimbabwe and, of the other part, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for
the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 delivery periods

(2004/910/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with
the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Implementation of Protocol 3 on ACP Sugar attached to
Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (1) and of
the Agreement between the European Community and
the Republic of India on cane sugar (2) is carried out, in
each, within the
accordance with Article 1(2) of
framework of
common
organisation of the sugar market.

the management of

the

It is appropriate to approve the Agreements in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and,
of the one part, the States referred to in the Protocol and,
of
India on the
guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2003/2004 and
2004/2005 delivery periods,

the Republic of

the other part,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the one part, Barbados,
the European Community and, of

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 27.
(2) OJ L 190, 23.7.1975, p. 35.

Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic
of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic
of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi,
the Republic of Mauritius,
the Republic of Surinam, Saint
Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United
Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the
Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic
of Zimbabwe and, of the other part, the Republic of India on
the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2003/2004 and
2004/2005 delivery periods are hereby approved on behalf of
the Community.

The texts of the agreements are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person empowered to sign the Agreements referred to in
Article 1 in order to bind the Community.

Done at Luxembourg, 26 April 2004.

For the Council

The President

J. WALSH