Commission Regulation (EC) No 286/2005 of 18 February 2005 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements
Commission Regulation (EC) No 286/2005of 18 February 2005on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreementsTHE 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. 16).,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 1409/2004 (OJ L 256, 3.8.2004, p. 11)., and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,Whereas:(1)Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 lays down detailed rules on determining the delivery obligations at zero duty for products falling within CN code 1701 expressed as white sugar equivalent for imports originating in countries which are parties to the ACP Protocol and the India Agreement.(2)Commission Regulation (EC) No 221/2005 of 10 February 2005 fixing the quantities of the delivery obligations for sugar cane to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the India Agreement for the 2004/05 delivery periodOJ L 39, 11.2.2005, p. 15. fixed a delivery obligation for Congo, India and Mozambique higher than all the import licence applications submitted to date for the 2004/05 delivery period.(3)Under these circumstances, and in the interests of clarity, it should be indicated that the limits concerned have not been reached,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: