Total cross section for e+p CC DIS: Kinematics: SQRT(s)=318 GeV, Q2 > 200 GeV^2, y < 1 Data set: ZEUS 98-99 Reference: DESY-02-064 (accepted by PLB) Measured cross section 66.7 +/- 2.7 (stat.) + 1.8 (sys.) pb - 1.1 Standard model expectation ZEUS NLO QCD fit (ZEUS-S) 69.0 + 1.6 pb - 1.3