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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2228/2001
of16November2001
fixing, for 2002, the reduction percentages to beappliedto applicationsfor an allocation bynon-
traditionaloperatorsunderthetariffquotasforimportsofbananas
(OJ L 301, 17.11.2001, p. 10)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 354/2002 of 25 February 2002 L 55 27 26.2.2002
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No2228/2001
of16November2001
fixing,for2002,thereductionpercentagestobeappliedtoapplica-
tionsforanallocationbynon-traditionaloperatorsunderthetariff
quotasforimportsofbananas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February
1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 216/2001(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 of 7 May
2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation(EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananasinto the Community(
3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1613/
2001(4), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, the
Commission is to determine, on the basis of the quantities avail-able under the tariff quotas and of Member States' notifications
of total allocations requested, the quantities for which allocations
for non-traditional operators are granted.
(2)Member States' notifications under Article 9(1) of that Regula-
tion indicate that the sum of allocations applied for is
11388324,983 tonnes for all non-traditional operators A/B and389015,100 tonnes for all non-traditional operators C.
(3)The percentages to be applied for determining the allocations for
non-traditional operators under the tariff quotas A/B and C
should therefore be fixed.
(4)This Regulation must enter into force without delay, before the
start of the period for the submission of licence applications for
the first quarter of 2002.
(5)The provisions of this Regulation must not prejudge anymeasures to be adopted in the future, either by the Council or
by the Commission, in particular in view of the proposed amend-
ment of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, and cannot be pleaded byoperators as a basis for legitimate expectations,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article 18 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 404/93, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No
896/2001, the allocation to be granted to each non-traditional operator
shall be the following percentage of the allocation applied for:
— for each non-traditional operator A/B: 3,96028 %,
— for each non-traditional operator C: 21,20740 %.
By 28 February 2002 at the latest the competent authorities of the
Member States shall notify the operators concerned of the quantitiesallocated to them pursuant to this Article.2001R2228 — EN — 26.02.2002 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 31, 2.2.2001, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 19.▼M1
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.2001R2228 — EN — 26.02.2002 — 001.001 — 3