Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/2004 of 29 April 2004 on granting import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cane sugar, import licence, preferential agreement, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 923/2004

of 29 April 2004

on granting 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 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 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,

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 919/2004 of 29 April
2004 amending the delivery obligations for cane sugar
to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the India
Agreement for the 2003/2004 delivery period (4) fixed a
delivery obligation for Mauritius higher than all
the
import licence applications submitted to date for the
2003/2004 delivery period.

A check on import licence applications submitted for
the 2003/2004 delivery period for Malawi has shown
that in the case of the delivery obligation for cane sugar
originating in Malawi quantities of sugar are still avail-
able.

In these circumstances and in the interests of clarity, it
should be indicated that the maximum quantities of the
delivery obligations for Mauritius and Malawi for the
delivery period concerned have not been reached,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 lays down
detailed rules on determining the delivery obligations at
zero duty for products falling within CN code 1701
expressed as white sugar equivalent for imports origin-
ating in countries which are parties to the ACP Protocol
and the India Agreement.

For import licence applications submitted in the period from
19 to 23 April 2004 under Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1159/2003, licences shall be issued up to the maximum quan-
tities indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 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. 16).

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

(4) See page 90 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 19 to 23 April 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

0

0

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 19 to 23 April 2004: percentage
of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

India

ACP

100

100

Special Preferential Sugar

Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2003/04 marketing year

Quota opened for Slovenia

Country

Week of 19 to 23 April 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 19 to 23 April 2004: percentage
of requested quantity to be granted

Limit

Brazil

Cuba

Other third countries

0

100

0

reached

reached