
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1212/2004 of 30 June 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,
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,
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, 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 21 June to 25 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 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 21 June to 25 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 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 June 2004.
For the Commission
J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General
ANNEX

ACP — INDIA preferential sugarTitle II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003
2003/04 marketing year
Country Week of 21 June to 25 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
Barbados 100 
Belize 0 reached
Congo 0 reached
Fiji 0 reached
Guyana 0 reached
India 0 reached
Côte d'Ivoire 0 reached
Jamaica 100 
Kenya 100 
Madagascar 100 
Malawi 0 reached
Mauritius 0 reached
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 reached
Swaziland 0 reached
Tanzania 100 
Trinidad and Tobago 100 
Zambia 100 
Zimbabwe 0 reached
2004/05 marketing year
Country Week of 21 June to 25 June 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 100 
Tanzania 100 
Trinidad and Tobago 100 
Zambia 100 
Zimbabwe 97,342 reached

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 SloveniaCountry Week of 21 June to 25 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
India 100 
ACP 0 reached

Special preferential sugarTitle III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/20032003/04 marketing yearQuota opened for SloveniaCountry Week of 21 June to 25 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
ACP 100 reached

CXL concessions sugarTitle IV of Regulation (EC) No 1159/20032003/04 marketing yearCountry Week of 21 June to 25 June 2004: percentage of requested quantity to be granted Limit
Brazil 0 reached
Cuba 0 reached
Other third countries 0 reached