Commission Regulation (EC) No 297/2005 of 23 February 2005 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Date: 2005-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cane sugar, import licence, tariff preference, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 297/2005

of 23 February 2005

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
Community,

establishing the European

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)

(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
imports originating in signatory
be determined for

(3)

(4)

(5)

countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with
India.

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 14 to 18 February 2005 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 a country's
delivery obligation quantity of ACP-India preferential
sugar determined pursuant to Article 9 of that Regu-
lation.

circumstances

the Commission must

set
In these
reduction coefficients to be used so that
licences are
issued for quantities scaled down in proportion to the
total available and must
in
question has been reached,

indicate that

the limit

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the case of import licence applications presented from 14 to
18 February 2005 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 24 February 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

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

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. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1409/2004 (OJ L 256, 3.8.2004, p. 11).

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ANNEX

ACP—INDIA preferential sugar

Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2004/05 marketing year

Country

Week of 14.-18.2.2005: percentage of
requested quantity to be granted

Barbados

Belize

Congo

Fiji

Guyana

India

Côte d'Ivoire

Jamaica

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Mozambique

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Swaziland

Tanzania

Trinidad and Tobago

Zambia

Zimbabwe

100

0

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

0

Limit

reached

reached

reached

Special preferential sugar

Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2004/05 marketing year

Country

Week of 14.-18.2.2005: percentage of
requested quantity to be granted

Limit

India

ACP

100

100

CXL concessions sugar

Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2004/05 marketing year

Country

Week of 14.-18.2.2005: percentage of
requested quantity to be granted

Brazil

Cuba

Other third countries

0

100

0

Limit

reached

reached