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of 13 February 1993
on the common organization of the market in bananas
(OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 3518/93 of 21 December 1993 L 320 15 22.12.1993
►M2 Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 L 349 105 31.12.1994
►M3 Council Regulation (EC) No 1637/98 of 20 July 1998 L 210 28 28.7.1998
►M4 Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 L 160 80 26.6.1999
►M5 Council Regulation (EC) No 216/2001 of 29 January 2001 L 31 2 2.2.2001
►M6 Council Regulation (EC) No 2587/2001 of 19 December 2001 L 345 13 29.12.2001
Amended by:
►A1 Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic ofMalta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the SlovakRepublic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European
Union is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 404/93
of 13 February 1993
on the common organization of the market in bananas
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the Protocol on the tariff quota for imports of bananas
annexed to the Implementing Convention on the Association of theOverseas Countries and Territories of the Community provided for inArticle 136 of the Treaty, and in particular paragraph 4 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (
1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),
Whereas the operation and development of the common market for
agricultural products must be accompanied by the introduction of acommon agricultural policy including in particular a common organiza-tion of the agricultural markets which may take different formsdepending on the products;
Whereas there currently exist within the Member States of the Commu-
nity producing bananas national market organizations which seek toensure that producers can dispose of their products on the nationalmarket and receive an income in line with the costs of production;whereas these national market organizations impose quantitative
restrictions which hamper achievement of a single market for bananas;
whereas some of the Member States which do not produce bananasprovide preferential outlets for bananas from the ACP States whileothers have liberal importation rules, which even in one case includea privileged tariff situation; whereas these different arrangements
prevent the free movement of bananas within the Community and
implementation of common arrangements for trade with third countries;whereas, for the purposes of achievement of the single market, abalanced and flexible common organization of the market for thebanana sector must replace the various national arrangements;
Whereas, so that the Community can respect Community Preference
and its various international obligations, that common organization ofthe market should permit bananas produced in the Community andthose from the ACP States which are traditional suppliers to bedisposed of on the Community market providing an adequate incomefor producers and at fair prices for consumers without undermining
imports of bananas from other third countries suppliers;
Whereas, to permit the market to be supplied with products of uniform
and satisfactory quality with due regard to local peculiarities and thevarieties produced and to ensure the disposal of Community products
at profitable prices guaranteeing an adequate income, quality standards
for fresh bananas and, if necessary, marketing rules for processedproducts on bananas should be introduced;
Whereas, in order to maximize income from bananas produced within
the Community, the formation of producers' organizations should be
encouraged, principally through the granting of start-up aid; whereas,
in order for such organizations to be given an effective role in concen-trating supply, their members should undertake to market the whole oftheir production through the organization; whereas the formation ofother types of associations, comparising producers' organizations andrepresentatives of the other stages of production, should also be1993R0404 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 007.001 — 2
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(2) OJ No C 21, 25. 1. 1993.
(3) OJ No C 19, 25. 1. 1993, p. 99.
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permitted; whereas the conditions under which such associations repre-
senting the various aspects of the banana sector may undertakemeasures of general interest and have their rules extended to non-
members of either locally or regionally should be defined at a later
date; whereas such organizations could also be consulted when frame-work programmes are drawn up and play an active role inimplementing structural measures introduced as part of the marketorganization;
Whereas the structural shortcomings which restrict the ability of
Community production to compete should be mitigated, chiefly to raiseproductivity; whereas programmes to achieve this in each region ofproduction should be laid down under the Community support frame-
works through cooperation between the Commission and the national
and regional authorities and with the various types of organization inthe sector referred to above being associated as closely as possiblewith preparation of the measures to be introduced;
Whereas national market organizations have hitherto enabled national
banana producers to obtain from the market an adequate income tocover their production costs; whereas, since introduction of the marketorganization should not place producers in a worse situation than atpresent, and since it is likely to alter the levels of prices on those
markets, provision should be made for compensation to cover the loss
of income which may derive from implementation of the new systemso as to permit the continuation of Community production at the costsentailed by the specific structural situation for as long as this remainsunadjusted by the structural measures implemented; whereas provision
should be made for aid to be adjusted to take account of increased
productivity and trends in the various quality categories;
Whereas in certain very small regions of the Community where condi-
tions are particularly unsuited to the production of bananas but better
suited to alternative crops the definitive cessation of banana production
should be encouraged through a premium for the cessation of bananaproduction; whereas, in order to limit the cost of this operation, grub-bing up should be carried out as soon as possible;
Whereas a forecast supply balance drawn up each year should assess
the prospects for production and consumption in the Community;whereas it should be possible to revise that balance during the year inthe light of circumstances, including specific climatic events;
Whereas in order to ensure satisfactory marketing of bananas produced
within the Community and of products originating in the ACP Stateswithin the framework of the Lomé Convention Agreements, whilemaintaining traditional trade patterns as far as possible, provision
should be made for the annual openin of a tariff quota; whereas, on
the one hand, imports of bananas from third countries would be subjectto a tariff of ECU 100 per tonne, which corresponds to the current rateunder the Common Customs Tariff, and, on the other hand, imports ofnon-traditional bananas from the ACP would be subject to zero duty inaccordance with the abovementioned agreements; whereas provision
should be made in order to ensure the adaptation of the amount of the
tariff quota based on changes in Community demand recorded in theforecast supply balance;
Whereas imports not falling within the tariff quota must be subject to
sufficiently high rates of duty to ensure that Community productionand traditional ACP quantities are disposed of in acceptable conditions;
Whereas traditional imports of bananas from the ACP fall outside the
duty-free tariff quota as part of traditional quantities which takes
account of specific investments already made under programmes forincreasing production;
Whereas in order to comply with the aims stated above, while taking
into account the special features of marketing bananas, a distinctionmust be made when administering the tariff quota between, on theone hand, operators who have previously marketed third countrybananas and non-traditional ACP bananas and, on the other, operatorswho have previously marketed bananas produced in the Community1993R0404 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 007.001 — 3
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while leaving a quantity available for new operators who have recently
embarked on commercial activity or are about to embark on commer-cial activity in this sector;
Whereas, in order not to disrupt existing commercial links, while at the
same time allowing some development of marketing structures, theissue to each operator of separate import licences for each of the cate-
gories defined above must be on the basis of the average quantity of
bananas marketed by the operator over the three preceding years forwhich statistical data are available;
Whereas in adopting additional criteria which operators should respect,
the Commission is guided by the principle whereby the licences must
be granted to natural or legal persons who have undertaken thecommercial risk of marketing bananas and by the necessity of avoidingdisturbing normal trading relations between persons occupyingdifferent points in the marketing chain;
Whereas, taking into account marketing structures, Member States
must, on the basis of procedures and criteria adopted by the Commis-sion, conduct a census of operators and establish quantities marketed tobe used as a reference for the issue of certificates;
Whereas monitoring imports within the framework of the tariff quota
requires an import licence scheme backed by a security;
Whereas the Commission should be able to take appropriate measures
to deal with serious disturbances, or the threat of such disturbances,likely to jeopardize achievement of the objectives of Article 39 of theTreaty;
Whereas operation of the market organization would be undermined by
the granting of certain assistance; whereas therefore the Treaty provi-sions permitting consideration of national aids granted by the MemberStates and the prohibition of those incompatible with the commonmarket should be applied to the banana sector;
Whereas, to facilitate implementation of these provisions, a procedure
involving close cooperation between the Member States and theCommission within a Management Committee should be included;
Whereas the common organization of the markets in the banana sector
must also take appropriate account of the objectives set out in Articles39 and 110 of the Treaty;
Whereas the replacement of the various national arrangements in
operation when this Regulation comes into force by this common orga-nization of the market threatens to disturb the internal market; whereasthe Commission, as of 1 July 1993, should be able to take any transi-tional measures required to overcome the difficulties of implementing
the new arrangements;
Whereas the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1319/85 of 23
May 1985 on the reinforcement of supervision of the application of
Community rules on fruit and vegetables (
1) should be extended to the
banana sector to permit checks that the standards laid down for bananasunder that Regulation are being complied with;
Having regard to the social, economic, cultural and environmental
importance of banana-growing in the Community regions of the French
Overseas Departments, Madeira, the Azores, the Algarve, Crete,Lakonia and the Canary Islands, which are regions characterized byinsularity, remoteness and structural backwardness, aggravated insome cases by economic dependence on bananagrowing,
Whereas the operation of this Regulation should be examined after an
interim period of application and before the end of the tenth year afterits entry into force so that the new arrangements to apply after that datecan be considered,1993R0404 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 007.001 — 4
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. A common organisation of the market in bananas is hereby estab-
lished.
2. The organisation shall cover the following products:
CN codes Description
0803 00 19 Fresh bananas, excluding plantains
ex 0803 00 90 Dried bananas, excluding plantains
ex 0812 95 90 Bananas provisionally preserved
ex 0813 50 99 Mixtures containing dried bananas
1106 30 10 Flour, meal and powder of bananas
ex 2006 00 99 Bananas preserved in sugar
ex 2007 10 99 Homogenised preparations of bananas
ex 2007 99 39
ex 2007 99 58
ex 2007 99 98Jams, jellies, marmalades, purées and pastes of bananas
ex 2008 92 59
ex 2008 92 78
ex 2008 92 93
ex 2008 92 98Mixtures containing bananas otherwise prepared or preserved
ex 2008 99 49
ex 2008 99 68
ex 2008 99 99Bananas otherwise prepared or preserved
ex 2009 80 35
ex 2009 80 38
ex 2009 80 79
ex 2009 80 86
ex 2009 80 89
ex 2009 80 99Banana juice
3. The marketing year shall run from 1 January to 31 December.
TITLE I
Common quality and marketing standards
Article 2
1. Quality standards shall be laid down for bananas intended to be
supplied fresh to the consumer, excluding plantains, which shall takeaccount of the different varieties produced.
2. Marketing standards may also be laid down for processed
products made from bananas.
Article 3
1. Unless the Commission decides otherwise in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 27 products for which common stan-dards have been laid down may be marketed within the Community
only if they comply with those standards.
2. For the purpose of establishing whether products comply with
quality standards, checks may be carried out by the bodies designatedby the Member States.1993R0404 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 007.001 — 5
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Article 4
Quality and marketing standards, the marketing stages at which
products must comply with such standards and measures to ensure theuniform implementation of the provisions of Articles 2 and 3, including
those concerning checks, shall be laid down in accordance with the
procedure provided for in Article 27.
TITLE II
Producers' organizations and concentration mechanisms
Article 5
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘producers’ organization'
means any organization of producers established in the Communitywhich:
(a) is set up by the producers themselves in order to:
— concentrate supply and regulate prices at the production stage
for one or more of the products refered to in Article 1,
— make available to member producers appropriate technical facil-
ities for the packing and marketing of the products in question;
(b) is able to demonstrate a minimum volume of marketable produc-
tion and a minimum number of producers;
(c) has rules containing provisions:
— requiring producers to market through the organization the
whole of their production of the product or products for whichthey joined that organization,
— giving the producers control of the organization and its deci-
sion-making procedures,
— penalizing any violation by member producers of the rules laid
down by the organization,
— imposing levies on its members,— concerning the admission of new members;
(d) lays down rules concerning production intelligence, production, and
in particular rules designed to improve quality and marketing rules;
(e) keeps separate accounts for its activities relating to bananas;
(f) is recognized by the Member State concerned in accordance with
paragraph 2.
2. On application, the Member States shall recognize the organiza-
tions concerned provided they offer adequate guarantees of the length
and effectiveness of their work, with particular reference to the tasks
listed in paragraph 1, and provided they satisfy the conditions laiddown therein.
Article 6
1. For the five years following the date of recognition, the Member
States shall grant recognised producer organisations assistance toencourage their establishment and assist with their administrativeoperation.
2. Such aid:
— shall be, for the first, second, third, fourth and fifth years respec-
tively, 5 %, 5 %, 4 %, 3 % and 2 % of the value of productionmarketed under the auspices of the producer organisation,
— shall not exceed the actual cost of formation and administrative
operation of the organisation concerned,
— shall be paid in annual instalments for a maximum of seven years
following the date of recognition.
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— the average producer prices obtained.
3. Producer organisations deriving from organisations which already
comply to a large extent with the conditions of this Regulation shallqualify for aid under this Article only if they are formed as the result
of a merger enabling the objectives referred to in Article 5 to be
achieved more effectively. However, in such a case, the aid shall begranted only in respect of the cost of formation of the organisation(expenditure incurred in connection with the preparatory work and thedrawing up of the memorandum and articles of association).
4. The aid referred to in this Article shall be notified to the Commis-
sion in a report from the Member States at the close of each financial
year.
Article 7
1. Associations of producers or of producers' organizations set up to
carry out one or more measures of common interest may participate in
the preparation of the measures provided for in the operational
programmes referred to in Article 10. The members of such associa-tions may include processors and traders.
2. The measures of common interest referred to in paragraph 1 may
include applied research, training of producers, a strategy on qualityand the development of environmentally sound production methods.
Article 8
1. In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 43 (2) of
the Treaty, the Council shall lay down conditions for the recognitionand operation of groups encompassing one or more of the economicactivities relating to the production, marketing or processing of bananas
in order in particular:
— to improve market intelligence and knowledge of the likely devel-
opment of markets and marketing conditions;
and
— to reduce the dispersion of supply, guide production and promote
improvements in the quality of bananas in order better to meet
market needs and demand from consumers.
2. The provisions to be adopted shall include, under conditions to be
determined, the possibility of extending to non-members the rulesadopted by these groups provided such rules are of general interest tothe sector as a whole and their extension complies with the Treaty'scompetition rules.
Article 9
Implementing rules for this Title shall be adopted in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 27.
TITLE III
Assistance
Article 10
1. Acting in the framework of cooperation between the Commission
and the national and regional authorities, the competent authorities ofthe Member States may draw up operational programmes under theCommunity support frameworks for the regions eligible defining themeasures to be undertaken in the banana sector to achieve at least two
of the following objectives:
— a quality and commercial strategy for the products of the area in the
light of likely developments in costs and markets;
— improved utilization of resources while respecting the environment;
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2. Acting through the cooperation referred to in paragraph 1, the
competent authorities shall, as far as possible, associate in the prepara-tion of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 groups, associations and
organizations in the banana sector, as referred to in Articles 5, 7 and 8
respectively, and technical and economic research centres.
3. As regards the measures in the operational programmes, organiza-
tion, decision-making and implementation shall be carried out incompliance with the regulations in force for the management of thestructural Funds.
Article 11
In the framework of cooperation between the Commission and the
national and regional authorities, the producers' organizations, associa-
tions and groups referred to in Articles 5, 7 and 8 may be asked tosubmit to the competent authorities their views on the implementationof the measures to be proposed.
Article 12
1. Compensation for any loss of income shall be granted to Commu-
nity producers who are members of a recognized producers'organization which is marketing in the Community bananas complyingwith the common standards laid down. However, compensation may bepaid to an individual producer who, because of his specific situation,and in particular his geographical location, is unable to join a produ-
cers' organization.
2. The maximum quantity of bananas produced in the Community
and marketed for which compensation may be paid shall be fixed at
867 500 tonnes (net weight) to be broken down as follows for each
producer region in the Community:
1. 420 000 tonnes for the Canary Islands,
2. 150 000 tonnes for Guadeloupe,3. 219 000 tonnes for Martinique,4. 50 000 tonnes for Madeira, the Azores and the Algarve,5. 15 000 tonnes for Crete and Lakonia,6. 13 500 tonnes for Cyprus.
Subject to the maximum quantity for the Community, the quantity for
each region may be adjusted.
3. Compensation shall be calculated on the basis of the difference
between:
— the ‘flat-rate reference income’ for bananas produced and marketed
within the Community, and
— the ‘average production income’ obtained on the Community
market during the year in question for bananas produced andmarketed within the Community.
4. The ‘flat-rate reference income’ shall be:
— the average price of bananas produced in the Community and
marketed during a reference period prior to 1 January 1993 to bedetermined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
27;
— less the average cost of transport and delivery fob.
It shall be reviewed by the Commission when the aid is fixed after
three years to take account in particular of increased productivity andtrends in the various quality categories.
5. The ‘average production income’ for Community bananas shall
be calculated each year from:
— the average price of bananas produced in the Community and
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— less the average cost of transport and delivery fob.
6. Before 1 March of each year, the Commission shall determine
compensatory aid for the previous year in accordance with the proce-
dure laid down in Article 27.
Supplementary aid shall be granted to one or more producer regions
when average income from production is significantly lower than theaverage Community income.
7. Advances may be paid, against a security, on the basis of
compensatory aid granted in the previous year.
8. The Commission shall carry out in 1993 an interim examination
of average production income for that year. On the basis of this exam-
ination, advances may be paid by the Commission in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 27.
9. A Member State may be authorised to introduce a temporary
measure whereby no compensatory aid is paid for marketed produceof new banana plantations planted on or after 1 June 2002, when, inthe Member State's view, there is a risk to the sustainable developmentof the production areas, with particular reference to conservation of the
environment, and protection of the soil and the characteristic features
of the countryside.
At the request of the Member State concerned, the Commission shall
grant the authorisation provided for in the preceding paragraph inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27.
Article 13
1. A single premium shall be granted to banana producers in the
Community who cease to produce bananas.
2. Granting of the premium shall be subject to the written agreement
of the recipient:
(a) to undertake or have undertaken in a single operation to take place
during a period to be determined in 1993 or 1994;
— the grubbing-up of all banana trees on the holding where the
area planted to bananas is less than five hectares;
— the grubbing-up of half the banana trees on the holding where
the area planted to bananas is five hectares or more;
(b) not to plant banana trees on the holding concerned for a period of
twenty years from the year in which grubbing-up took place.
Areas planted to bananas after this Regulation has come into force
and holdings of less than 0,2 hectares shall not be eligible for the
premium.
3. The premium shall be ECU 1 000 per hectare. In accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 27, this amount may be adjusted totake account of the specific conditions in certain areas.
4. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27, the
Commission may authorize a Member State to exclude from eligibilityfor the premium for cessation of banana production producers situatedin areas where disappearance of this crop would have negative conse-quences, in particular on the maintenance of microclimatic soil, orenvironmental conditions or the landscape.1993R0404 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 007.001 — 9
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5. This premium shall be compatible with the granting of aid under
Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 (1), Title II of Regulation
(EEC) No 1600/92 (2) and Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/
92 (3) and with the granting of structural assistance under Regulations
(EEC) No 2052/88 (4) and (EEC) No 4253/88 (5).
Article 14
Detailed rules for the application of this Title shall be adopted in accor-
dance with the procedure laid down in Article 27.
However, detailed rules for the application of Articles 6 and 10 shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 29 of
Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88.
TITLE IV
Trade with third countries
Article 15
1. Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, the rates of duty in the
Common Customs Tariff shall apply to the products listed in Article 1(2).
2. In order to prevent or counteract adverse effects on the market in
the Community which may result from imports of certain productslisted in Article 1, imports of one or more of such products at the rateof duty laid down in Article 10 shall be subject to payment of an addi-tional import duty if the conditions set out in Article 5 of theAgreement on Agriculture concluded in accordance with Article 228
of the Treaty in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations have been fulfilled unless the imports are unlikelyto disturb the Community market, or where the effects would bedisproportionate to the intended objective.
3. The trigger prices below which an additional import duty may be
imposed shall be those notified by the Community to the World Trade
Organization.
The trigger volumes which must be exceeded for an additional import
duty to be imposed shall be determined in particular on the basis ofCommunity imports over the three years preceding the year in whichthe adverse effects referred to in paragraph 2 have occurred or are
likely to occur.
4. The import prices to be taken into account for the imposition of
an additional import duty shall be determined on the basis of the cifimport prices of the shipment concerned.
The cif import prices shall be verified for this purpose on the basis of
representative prices for the product in question on the world market or
on the Community import market for the product
5. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of
this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27.Such detailed rules shall specify in particular:
(a) the products to which additional import duties shall be applied, in
accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture;
(b) the other criteria necessary for application of paragraph 1 in accor-
dance with Article 5 of the said Agreement.1993R0404 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 007.001 — 10
(1) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.
(4) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9.
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Article 16
1. This Article and Articles 17 to 20 shall apply to imports of fresh
products falling within CN code 0803 00 19 until the entry into force,no later than 1 January 2006, of the rate of the common customs tarifffor those products established under the procedure provided for inArticle XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT).
2. Until the entry into force of the rate referred to in paragraph 1,
imports of the fresh products referred to in the said paragraph shall be
under the tariff quotas opened by Article 18.
Article 17
To the extent necessary, importation of bananas into the Community
shall be subject to submission of an import licence, to be issued by
Member States to any interested parties irrespective of their place of
establishment in the Community and without prejudice to specificprovisions adopted for the application of Articles 18 and 19.
Such import licences shall be valid throughout the Community. Except
where derogations are adopted under the procedure laid down in
Article 27, the issue of licences shall be subject to lodging of a securityagainst a commitment to import on the terms of this Regulation duringthe period of the licence's validity. Except in cases of force majeure the
security shall be wholly or partly forfeit if the operation is not or isonly partly carried out within the time allowed.
Article 18
1. Each year from 1 January the following tariff quotas shall be
opened:
(a) a tariff quota of 2 200 000 tonnes net weight, called ‘quota A’;
(b) an additional tariff quota of 453 000 tonnes net weight, called
‘quota B’;
(c) an autonomous tariff quota of 750 000 tonnes net weight, called
‘quota C’.
Quotas A and B shall be open for imports of products originating in all
third countries.
Quota C shall be open for imports of products originating in ACP
countries.
The Commission may, on the basis of an agreement with World Trade
Organisation members with a substantial interest in the supply ofbananas, allocate quotas A and B among supplier countries.
2. Imports under quotas A and B and imports of bananas from third
countries other than the ACP countries shall be subject to customs dutyof EUR 75 per tonne. Imports of products originating in the ACP coun-tries shall be subject to a zero duty.
3. Imports under the C quota shall be subject to a zero duty.
4. A tariff preference of EUR 300 per tonne shall apply to imports
originating in ACP countries.
5. The customs duty rates set in this Article shall be converted into
national currency at the rates applicable for the products in question for
the purposes of the common customs tariff.
6. Quota B may be increased if demand in the Community increases
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The balance sheet shall be adopted and the tariff quota increased under
the procedure set out in Article 27.
7. Where supply of the Community market is subject to exceptional
circumstances affecting production or importation, the Commission
shall adopt the specific measures necessary under the procedure setout in Article 27.
In such cases quota B may be adjusted on the basis of the balance sheet
referred to in paragraph 6. The specific measures may derogate from
the rules adopted under Article 19(1). They must not discriminate
between third countries.
8. Bananas re-exported from the Community shall not be counted
against the corresponding tariff quotas.
Article 19
1. The tariff quotas may be managed in accordance with the method
based on taking account of traditional trade flows (‘traditionals/newco-
mers’) and/or other methods.
2. The method adopted shall take account as appropriate of the need
to maintain the equilibrium of supply to the Community market.
Article 20
The Commission shall adopt provisions to implement this Title under
the procedure set out in Article 27. Their scope shall include:
(a) rules on the management of the tariff quotas referred to in Article
18;
(b) where required, guarantee of the nature and origin of the products;
(c) measures needed to ensure respect for obligations stemming from
agreements concluded by the Community under Article 300 of theTreaty.
TITLE V
General provisions
Article 21
1. Except where otherwise provided for in this Regulation,
— the levying of any charge having an effect equivalent to a customs
duty,
— the application of any quantitative restrictions or measure having
equivalent effect,
shall be forbidden on the import of products referred to in Article 1.2. The tariff quota laid down in the Protocol on the tariff quota for
imports of bananas annexed to the Implementing Convention on the
Assocation for the Overseas Countries and Territories provided for in
Article 136 of the Treaty shall be discontinued.
Article 22
The general rules for the interpretation of the 4combined nomenclature
and the special rules for its application shall apply to the classification
of products covered by this Regulation; the tariff nomenclature
resulting from the application of this Regulation shall be incorporatedin the Common Customs Tariff.
Article 23
1. If, by reason of imports or exports, the Community market in one
or more of the products listed in Article 1 is affected by, or is threa-tened with, serious disturbance likely to jeopardize the achievement of1993R0404 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 007.001 — 12
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the objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty, appropriate measures
may be taken in trade with third countries until such disturbance orthreat of disturbance has ceased.
The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission in accordance
with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty,shall adopt general rules for the application of this paragraph and shalldetermine the cases in and limits within which Member States maytake interim protective measures.
2. If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises, the Commission
shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decideupon the necessary measures; the Member States shall be notified ofsuch measures, which shall be immediately applicable. If the Commis-sion receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decisionthereon within three working days following receipt of the request.
3. Measures decided upon by the Commission may be referred to
the Council by any Member State within three working days of theday on which they were notified. The Council shall meet withoutdelay. It may, acting by a qualified majority, amend or annul themeasure in question.
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27.
5. This Article shall be applied having regard to the obligations
arising from international agreements concluded in accordance withArticle 228 (2) of the Treaty.
Article 24
Save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation, Articles 92 to 94 of
the Treaty shall apply to the production of and trade in the productsreferred to in Article 1.
Article 25
1. The measures laid down in Articles 12 and 13 shall constitute
intervention intended to stabilise the agricultural markets within the
meaning of Article 1(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy. (
1)
2. Expenditure relating to the aid granted by the Member States in
accordance with Article 6 shall be deemed to be intervention to stabi-
lise agricultural markets within the meaning of Article 1(2)(b) of
Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999.
This expenditure shall be eligible in the case of all producer organisa-
tions established until 31 December 2006.
It shall be the subject of a Community contribution of 75 % of eligible
public expenditure.
3. The measures provided for in Article 10 shall be part-financed by
the Guidance Section of the EAGGF.
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, and in particular
a definition of the conditions to be met before the Community financialcontribution can be paid, shall be adopted in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 27.
Article 27
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2. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and 7 of Deci-
sion 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be
set at one month.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 28
The Committee may consider any other question referred to it by its
Chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a representa-
tive of a Member State.
Article 29
The Member States shall provide the Commission with the information
it requires to implement this Regulation, in particular concerning;
— measures taken to apply and check common quality standards,
— producers' organizations,— the content and implementation of the regional framework
programmes for bananas,
— provisions for the management of any compensatory aid,— lists of operators,— data on production and prices,
— quantities of Community and ACP bananas and bananas from third
countries other than ACP countries marketed in their territory,
— forecasts of production and consumption in the following year.
Article 30
If specific measures are required after July 1993 to assist the transition
from arrangements existing before the entry into force of this Regula-tion to those laid down by this Regulation, and in particular toovercome difficulties of a sensitive nature, the Commission, acting inaccordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27, shall take anytransitional measures it judges necessary.
Article 31
In Article 1 (1) or Regulation (EEC) No 1319/85:
1. The second indent is replaced by the following:
‘— inspection of the conformity with quality standards, or certain
quality requirements
(a) of products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 which are withdrawn from the market in accor-dance with Articles 15 and 15a or bought in in accordancewith Articles 19 and 19a of that Regulation and
(b) products in the banana sector covered by Council Regula-
tion (EEC) No 404/93 (*);
(1) OJ No L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.’
2. The fourth indent shall be replaced by:
‘verification of the recording of the prices referred to in Articles 17
and 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72’.
Article 32
1. At the latest by 31 December 2004, the Commission shall submit
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appropriate by proposals, on the operation of this Regulation and of
possible alternatives, in particular as regards the import arrangements.
2. The report shall in particular analyse the marketing trends for
Community, ACP and third State bananas and assess how the import
arrangements have worked. In this context, special attention shall bepaid to the extent to which the most vulnerable ACP suppliers havebeen able to maintain their position on the Community market.
Article 33
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply as from 1 July 1993.
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