Commission Regulation (EC) No 1155/2004 of 23 June 2004 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1155/2004of 23 June 2004on 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 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 sectorOJ 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. 2).,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 negotiationsOJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.,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 779/96OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 96/2004 (OJ L 15, 22.1.2004, p. 3)., and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)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.(2)Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 stipulates how the zero duty tariff quotas for products of CN code 17011110, expressed in white sugar equivalent, are to be determined for imports originating in signatory countries to the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India.(3)Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 opens tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne for products of CN code 17011110 for imports originating in Brazil, Cuba and other third countries.(4)In the week of 14 June to 18 June 2004 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding a country's delivery obligation quantity of ACP-India preferential sugar determined pursuant to Article 9 of that Regulation.(5)In the week of 14 June to 18 June 2004 applications were presented to the competent authorities in line with Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for import licences for a total quantity exceeding the contingent stipulated in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 for special preferential sugar.(6)In these circumstances the Commission must set reduction coefficients to be used so that licences are issued for quantities scaled down in proportion to the total available and must indicate that the limit in question has been reached,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1In the case of import licence applications presented from 14 June to 18 June 2004 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 2This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 June 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 23 June 2004.For the CommissionJ. M. Silva RodríguezAgriculture Director-GeneralANNEXACP — INDIA preferential sugarTitle II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003
2003/04 marketing year
CountryWeek of 14 June to 18 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be grantedLimit
Barbados100
Belize0reached
Congo0reached
Fiji0reached
Guyana100reached
India0reached
Côte d'Ivoire0reached
Jamaica100
Kenya100
Madagascar100
Malawi0reached
Mauritius0reached
Saint Kitts and Nevis18,9211reached
Swaziland0reached
Tanzania100
Trinidad and Tobago100
Zambia100
Zimbabwe0reached
2004/05 marketing year
CountryWeek of 14 June to 18 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be grantedLimit
Barbados100
Belize100
Congo100
Fiji100
Guyana100
India0reached
Côte d'Ivoire100
Jamaica100
Kenya100
Madagascar100
Malawi100
Mauritius100
Saint Kitts and Nevis100
Swaziland100
Tanzania100
Trinidad and Tobago100
Zambia100
Zimbabwe100
Special preferential sugarTitle III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/20032003/04 marketing yearQuota opened for the Member States referred to in Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, except Slovenia
CountryWeek of 14 June to 18 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be grantedLimit
India100
ACP73,2645reached
Special preferential sugarTitle III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/20032003/04 marketing yearQuota opened for Slovenia
CountryWeek of 14 June to 18 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be grantedLimit
ACP100
CXL concessions sugarTitle IV of Regulation (EC) No 1159/20032003/04 marketing year
CountryWeek of 14 June to 18 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be grantedLimit
Brazil0reached
Cuba100reached
Other third countries0reached