Commission Regulation (EC) No 652/2005

of 28 April 2005

setting delivery obligations for cane sugar to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India for the 2005/06 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 sector1,
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 779/962, 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 for 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 to the Agreement with 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 2005/06 taking account, on the basis of the information currently available, of the difference between the amount of such delivery obligations and the quantities actually imported during past delivery periods.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The delivery obligations for imports originating in the countries that are signatories to the ACP Protocol and to the Agreement with India in respect of products falling within CN code 1701, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, in the 2005/06 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.

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Delivery obligations for imports of preferential sugar, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, originating in countries which are signatories to the ACP Protocol and to the Agreement with India for the 2005/06 delivery period

ACP Protocol/Agreement with India signatory country

Delivery obligations 2005/06

Barbados

32 097,4

Belize

40 348,8

Congo

10 186,1

Fiji

165 348,3

Guyana

159 410,1

India

10 000,0

Ivory Coast

10 186,1

Jamaica

118 696,0

Kenya

5 000,0

Madagascar

13 324,4

Malawi

20 824,4

Mauritius

491 030,5

Mozambique

6 000,0

St Kitts and Nevis

15 590,9

Suriname

0,0

Swaziland

117 844,5

Tanzania

10 186,1

Trinidad and Tobago

43 751,0

Uganda

0,0

Zambia

7 215,0

Zimbabwe

30 224,8

Total

1 307 264,4