Commission Regulation (EC) No 2335/2003 of 30 December 2003 derogating for the year 2004 from Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 as regards tariff quotas for manioc starch

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2335/2003
of 30 December 2003
derogating for the year 2004 from Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 as regards tariff quotas for manioc starch
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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(1), and in particular Article 1(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with Thailand under GATT Article XXIII(2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The importers from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia should benefit from the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 of 17 December 1996 opening and setting administrative rules for certain annual tariff quotas for sweet potatoes and manioc(3).
(2) For the year 2004, to avoid market irregularities, it is necessary, by way of derogation from Regulation (EC) No 2402/96, to divide the annual import quotas for manioc starch into two subquotas.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,