This document summarizes a presentation for LDCs on the EU's proposed rules for implementing EPA-EBA preferential sugar imports. It outlines key aspects of the draft regulation including import/export licensing procedures, management of the transitional safeguard mechanism for non-LDC sugar, rules for full-time sugar refiners, and requirements to pay the EPA-EBA minimum sugar price. Details are provided on information sharing between the EU and exporting countries regarding sugar production, trade, and consumption.

1. EPA-EBA Sugar
Presentation prepared for the Meeting of LDC
Ambassadors on LDC EBA Sugar to be held at ACP
House on 26th June 2009.
LDC London Sugar Group

2. Commission proposal for EPA-EBA sugar
implementing regulation
 Third draft proposed
on 14th May 2009.
 A new draft is
expected soon.
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 Implementing rules to
cover both EPA and
EBA sugar, both raws
for refining and direct
consumption sugar.
 Implementing rules
have been discussed
with the ACP Sugar
Consultative Group.

3. Summary of Commission proposals
 Detailed rules on the management of export
and import licences.
 Detailed rules on management of
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Transitional Safeguard Mechanism for non-
LDC sugar.
 Detailed rules on Full-time Refiners’ Regime.
 Pledge to pay EPA-EBA minimum sugar price
CIF EU ports (90% of reference price).
 Information exchange.

4. EU import and EPA-EBA export
licences for preferential sugar
 Application procedures
 Validity of import licences
 Tolerances
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 Loss of licences
 Force majeure
 Transfer of licences
 Payment and release of
securities
It is important for LDC
authorities to maintain
effective control of export
licences, EUR-1 and
“Form A” certificates, etc.

5. Annex I (proposed)
Region Third country Order CN Code Regional Regional Regional
number Safeguard Safeguard Safeguard
Threshold Threshold Threshold
2009/10 2010/11 2011/15
NON-ACP-LDC Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, 09.4221 1701 no limit no limit no limit
Nepal.
ACP-LDC Benin, Congo DRC, Ethiopia, 09.4231 1701 no limit no limit no limit
Madagascar, Malawi,
Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo,
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Zambia.
CEMAC-NON-LDC Congo (Brazza). 09.4241 1701 10,186.1 10,186.1 10,186.1
ECOWAS-NON-LDC Côte d'Ivoire. 09.4242 1701 10,186.1 10,186.1 10,186.1
SADC-NON-LDC Swaziland. 09.4243 1701 166,081.2 174,631.9 192,954.5
EAC-NON-LDC Kenya. 09.4244 1701 12,907.9 13,572.4 14,996.5
ESA-NON-LDC Mauritius, Zimbabwe. 09.4245 1701 544,711.6 572,755.9 632,850.9
PACIFIC-NON-LDC Fiji. 09.4246 1701 181,570.5 190,918.6 210,950.3
CARIFORUM-NON-LDC Barbados, Belize, Dominican 09.4247 1701 454,356.6 477,749.0 527,875.6
Republic, Guyana, Jamaica,
Trinidad and Tobago.
• LDC Ambassadors the EU as fromsubmit a list of2009. likely to
be exporting sugar to
are invited to
1 October
countries
st
• The listsugar to the EU this year based onyear (2007/08 andwhich
exported
as proposed above was
and last
those countries
08/09).
• Important to note that thiswishcan export. at very short notice
should any country not listed
list
to
be amended
• Such a list would be an anti-fraud measure.

6. Transitional Safeguard Mechanism
 Does not apply to
LDCs – only applies to
ACP non-LDCs.
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 If total imports exceed
3.5 million tonnes and
non-LDC imports
exceed 1.6 million
tonnes, then non-LDC
imports are stopped
for the remainder of
the EU marketing year.

7. Transitional Safeguard Mechanism
 LDC imports will be
monitored against
the 25% safeguard
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provision.

8. Non-full-time refiner Full-time refiner
EU sugar refiners’ regime

9. EU import licence validity (proposed)
Import licence Sugar for refining Sugar for refining Sugar not for refining
validity (licences issued (licences issued
between 1st October between 1st January
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and 31st December (*)) and 30th September)
EPA-EBA From date of issue until Current month plus Current month plus
the end of the marketing three three
year
Other TRQs From date of issue until From date of issue until Current month plus
the end of the marketing the end of the marketing three
year year
(*) Or the date on which applications for sugar for refining licences exceed the TSN.

10. Information exchange
 Information on sugar
production, exports
and consumption
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requested by the
Commission.
 Envisaged that the
EPA-EBA London
Sugar Group will
provide this
information.

11. Commission forecast of EU sugar
balance in 2009/10
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12. Commission forecast of new sugar
trade flows
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13. EU sugar price monitoring
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14. Thank you!
 Any questions?
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