Commission Regulation (EC) No 346/2006 of  27 February 2006  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 2006
Date: 2006-02-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, cane sugar, import, originating product, raw sugar, sugar, sugar industry, supply, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 346/2006

of 27 February 2006

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 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Quotas have been opened therefore, by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 978/2005 (4), for the period from
1 July 2005 to 28 February 2006.

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:

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

(6)

(7)

(8)

Since the production estimates for raw cane sugar are
available for
the 2005/06 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.

To enable operators to use up the quantities of special
preferential sugar covered by the two quotas opened by
Regulation (EC) No 978/2005 for the period from 1 July
the
2005 to 28 February 2006,
submission of
the quotas
applications
should be extended to 30 June 2006.

the deadline for

licence

for

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 2005/06 marketing year.

(9)

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

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

this

and open at

This supply balance indicated the need to import raw
the 2005/06
sugar
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.

stage

for

(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).

(2) OJ L 325, 8.12.2001, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the period 1 March to 30 June 2006, a tariff quota is
hereby opened under Decision 2001/870/EC for imports of
raw cane
falling within CN code
1701 11 10, amounting to 60 224 tonnes expressed as white
sugar originating in the ACP States signatory to the agreement
in the form of an exchange of letters approved by that Decision.

refining

sugar

for

(4) OJ L 166, 28.6.2005, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 568/2005 (OJ L 97, 15.4.2005, p. 9).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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Article 2

Article 4

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 quantities referred to in Article 1(a) and (b) of Regulation
(EC) No 978/2005 for which import licence applications have
not been submitted before 1 March 2006 may still be requested
up to 30 June 2006.

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

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

It shall apply from 1 March 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission