Article 22

A quantity of 85 463 tonnes of raw cane sugar for refining, falling within CN code 1701 11 10, shall be imported in each marketing year as CXL concessions sugar under the tariff quotas at a duty of EUR 98 per tonne.

The delivery obligation for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years shall bear the following serial number: ‘CXL concessions sugar’: No 09.4323.

The quantities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated by country of origin as follows:

They shall be counted against the quantities referred to in Article 39(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and taken into account for the purpose of applying paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Article.

The duty of EUR 98 per tonne shall apply to standard quality raw sugar as defined in Annex I, point II, to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

Where the polarisation reading of the imported raw sugar departs from 96 degrees, the duty of EUR 98 per tonne shall be increased or reduced, as appropriate, by 0,14 % per tenth of a degree difference established.