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Document 32004R1477

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1477/2004 of 18 August 2004 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements

    OJ L 271, 19.8.2004, p. 34–35 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/1477/oj

    19.8.2004   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 271/34


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1477/2004

    of 18 August 2004

    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 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 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)

    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 1701 11 10, 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 1701 11 10 for imports originating in Brazil, Cuba and other third countries.

    (4)

    In the week of 9 to 13 August 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 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 1

    In the case of import licence applications presented from 9 to 13 August 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 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2004.

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

    Done at Brussels, 18 August 2004.

    For the Commission

    J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

    Agriculture Director-General


    (1)   OJ 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).

    (2)   OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.

    (3)   OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1409/2004 (OJ L 256, 3.8.2004, p. 11).


    ANNEX

    ACP — INDIA preferential sugar

    Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

    2004/05 marketing year

    Country

    Week of 9-13.8.2004: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

    Limit

    Barbados

    100

     

    Belize

    100

     

    Congo

    100

     

    Fiji

    100

     

    Guyana

    100

     

    India

    0

    reached

    Côte d'Ivoire

    100

     

    Jamaica

    100

     

    Kenya

    100

     

    Madagascar

    100

     

    Malawi

    100

     

    Mauritius

    100

     

    Saint Kitts and Nevis

    100

     

    Swaziland

    94,3308

    reached

    Tanzania

    100

     

    Trinidad and Tobago

    100

     

    Zambia

    100

     

    Zimbabwe

    0

    reached


    Special preferential sugar

    Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

    2004/05 marketing year

    Country

    Week of 9-13.8.2004: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

    Limit

    India

    100

     

    ACP

    100

     


    CXL concessions sugar

    Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003

    2004/05 marketing year

    Country

    Week of 9-13.8.2004: percentage of requested quantity to be granted

    Limit

    Brazil

    0

    reached

    Cuba

    100

     

    Other third countries

    0

    reached


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