Commission Regulation (EC) No 307/2005 of 24 February 2005 opening a preferential tariff quota for imports of raw cane sugar originating in the ACP States for supply to refineries in the period from 1 March to 30 June 2005
Date: 2005-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, cane sugar, import, originating product, raw sugar, sugar industry, supply, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 307/2005

of 24 February 2005

opening a preferential tariff quota for imports of raw cane sugar originating in the ACP States for
supply to refineries in the period from 1 March to 30 June 2005

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), and in particular Article 39(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

in

to

order

ensure

supplies

adequate

Article 39(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides
that, during the marketing years 2001/02 to 2005/06
and
to
Community refineries, a special reduced rate of duty is
to be levied on imports of raw cane sugar originating in
States with which the Community has concluded supply
agreements on preferential
such
agreements have been concluded by Council Decision
2001/870/EC (2) with the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States (ACP countries) listed in Protocol No 3 on ACP
sugar attached to Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement (3) and with the Republic of India.

terms. At present

Under the agreements in the form of an exchange of
letters concluded by Decision 2001/870/EC the refiners
in question must pay a minimum purchase price equal to
the guaranteed price for raw sugar, less the adjustment
aid set for the marketing year concerned. This minimum
price should therefore be set by taking account of the
factors applicable in the 2004/05 marketing year.

special preferential

The quantities of
to be
imported are calculated in accordance with Article 39
of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 on the basis of an
annual Community forecast supply balance.

sugar

for

this

stage

and open at

This supply balance indicated the need to import raw
sugar
the 2004/05
marketing year tariff quotas at a special reduced rate of
duty provided for in the above agreements so that the
Community refineries’ supply needs can be met for part
of
the year. Quotas have been opened therefore, by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2004 (4), for the
period from 1 July 2004 to 28 February 2005.

(5)

(6)

Since the production estimates for raw cane sugar are
available for
the 2004/05 marketing year, a quota
should be opened for the second part of the year.

It should be stipulated that Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed
the 2003/04, 2004/05 and
rules of application for
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 (5) applies to the new quota.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period from 1 March to 30 June 2005, a tariff quota is
hereby opened under Decision 2001/870/EC for imports of raw
cane sugar for refining falling within CN code 1701 11 10,
amounting to 17 824 tonnes expressed as white sugar origi-
nating in the ACP States signatory to the agreement in the form
of an exchange of letters approved by that Decision.

Article 2

1.
A special reduced duty of EUR 0 per 100 kg of standard-
quality raw sugar shall apply to imports of the quantity referred
to in Article 1.

The minimum purchase price to be paid by Community
the period referred to in Article 1 shall be

2.
refiners
EUR 49,68 per 100 kg of standard quality raw sugar.

for

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 shall apply to the tariff quota
opened by this Regulation.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(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. 16).

It shall apply from 1 March 2005.

(2) OJ L 325, 8.12.2001, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 232, 1.7.2004, p. 17.

(5) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

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

Done at Brussels, 24 February 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission