# Commission Regulation (EC) No 222/2006 of 8 February 2006 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements

EU Regulation No 222/2006 · adopted 8 February 2006

Commission Regulation (EC) No 222/2006 of 8 February 2006 on granting of import licences for cane sugar for the purposes of certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements

## Introductory text

Commission Regulation (EC) No 222/2006
of 8 February 2006
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(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 180/2006 of 1 February 2006 fixing the quantities of the delivery obligations for sugar cane to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the India Agreement for the 2005/06 delivery period fixed a delivery obligation for Congo, India, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe higher than all the import licence applications submitted to date for the 2005/06 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:

## 1 

In the case of import licence applications presented from 30 January to 3 February 2006 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.

## 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February 2006.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 February 2006.
For the Commission
J. L. Demarty
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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ACP–INDIA preferential sugar
Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003
2005/06 marketing year
Country
Week of 30.1.2006-3.2.2006: percentage of requested quantity to be granted
Limit
Barbados
100
Belize
100
Congo
100
Fiji
100
Guyana
100
India
100
Côte d'Ivoire
100
Jamaica
100
Kenya
100
Madagascar
100
Malawi
100
Mauritius
100
Mozambique
100
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100
Swaziland
0
reached
Tanzania
100
Trinidad and Tobago
100
Zambia
100
Zimbabwe
100
Special preferential sugar
Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003
2005/06 marketing year
Country
Week of 30.1.2006-3.2.2006: percentage of requested quantity to be granted
Limit
India
0
reached
ACP
0
reached
CXL concessions sugar
Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003
2005/06 marketing year
Country
Week of 30.1.2006-3.2.2006: percentage of requested quantity to be granted
Limit
Brazil
0
reached
Cuba
100
Other third countries
0
reached

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/222 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-222
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