Commission Regulation (EC) No 554/2006 of  5 April 2006  on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Date: 2006-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cane sugar, import licence, preferential agreement, tariff quota

6.4.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 98/55

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 554/2006

of 5 April 2006

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 27 to 31 March 2006 applications were
presented to the competent authorities in line with
Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for
exceeding a
import
country's delivery obligation quantity of ACP-India
preferential sugar determined pursuant to Article 9 of
that Regulation.

total quantity

licences

for

a

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

import

In the case of
licence applications presented from
27 to 31 March 2006 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 6 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 April 2006.

For the Commission

J. L. DEMARTY
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 987/2005 (OJ L 167, 29.6.2005, p. 12).

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

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6.4.2006

ANNEX

ACP-INDIA preferential sugar

Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2005/06 marketing year

Week of 27.3.2006-31.3.2006:
percentage of requested quantity
to be granted

Limit

100

100

100

100

100

96,5667

reached

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

0

100

100

100

100

Special preferential sugar

Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2005/06 marketing year

Week of 27.3.2006-31.3.2006:
percentage of requested quantity
to be granted

0

100

CXL concessions sugar

Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

2005/06 marketing year

Week of 27.3.2006-31.3.2006:
percentage of requested quantity
to be granted

0

100

0

reached

Limit

reached

Limit

reached

reached

Country

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

Country

India

ACP

Country

Brazil

Cuba

Other third countries