Consolidated TEXT: 32004R0443 — EN — 30.04.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 443/2004

of 10 March 2004

setting delivery obligations for cane sugar to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India for the 2003/2004 delivery period

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 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 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 sets out the detailed rules for setting delivery obligations at zero duty in respect of products falling within CN code 1701, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, for imports originating in the countries that are signatories to the ACP Protocol and in India.

(2)

Application of Articles 3 and 7 of the ACP Protocol, Articles 3 and 7 of the Agreement with India and Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 has resulted in the Commission setting delivery obligations for 2003/2004, by calculating in particular the difference for each country between the amount of such delivery obligations and the quantities actually imported during past delivery periods,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The delivery obligations for imports originating in the countries that are signatories to the ACP Protocol and in India in respect of products falling within CN code 1701, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, in the 2003/2004 delivery period for each exporting country concerned, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

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

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ANNEX

Delivery obligations for imports of preferential sugar, expressed as white sugar equivalent, originating in countries which are parties to the ACP Protocol and the India Agreement for the 2003/04 delivery period

ACP Protocol/India Agreement signatory country	Delivery obligations 2003/04
Barbados	50 641,21
Belize	38 977,79
Congo	10 186,10
Côte d'Ivoire	10 186,10
Fiji	161 123,25
Guyana	153 799,11
India	10 000,00
amaicaJ	118 695,13
Kenya	0,00
Madagascar	18 815,50
Malawi	20 564,84
Mauritius	509 654,72
Uganda	0,00
Saint Kitts and Nevis	8 804,51
Suriname	0,00
Swaziland	111 298,16
Tanzania	10 189,35
Trinidad and Tobago	42 054,47
Zambia	0,00
Zimbabwe	36 658,00
Total	1 311 648,24

( 1 ) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16).

( 2 ) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 443/2004 of 10 March 2004 setting delivery obligations for cane sugar to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India for the 2003/2004 delivery period