NoL183/2EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.7.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1330/97
of10July1997
ontheissuingofimportlicencesforbananasunderthetariffquotaforthethird
quarterof1997(secondperiod)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No404/93of
13February1993onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinbananas('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No3290/94(2),AnnexItoRegulation(EC)No478/95,thequantities
coveredbyimportlicenceapplicationsfromoneormore
ofthecategoriesofoperatorsexceedthequantityavail­
able,areductionpercentageistobeappliedtoapplica­
tionforthatorigin;whereas,however,thatprovisiondoes
notapplytocategoryClicenceapplicationsnortocat­
egoryAandBapplicationsrelatingtoaquantityof150
tonnesorless,providedthatthetotalquantitycoveredby
thecategoryAandBapplicationsdoesnotexceed,fora
givenorigin,15%ofthetotalofthequantitiesapplied
for;
Whereasthequantityappliedfor,for'DominicanRe­
publiccategoryB',exceedsthequantityavailableanda
reductioncoefficientshouldthereforebeapplied;whereas
importlicencesmaybeissuedforthequantityreferredto
inallothernewapplications;
WhereasthisRegulationshouldapplyimmediatelyto
permitlicencestobeissuedasquicklyaspossible,HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1442/93of10June1993layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofthearrangements forimporting
bananasintotheCommunity (3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No1409/96(4),andinparticularArticle9
(3)thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No478/95
of1March1995onadditionalrulesfortheapplicationof
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No404/93asregardsthetariff
quotaarrangementsforimportsofbananasintothe
CommunityandamendingRegulation (EEC)No
1442/93(*),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No702/95(6),
andinparticularArticle4(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1136/97of20June1997ontheissuingofimport
licencesforbananasunderthetariffquotaforthethird
quarterof1997andonthesubmissionofnewapplica­
tionsQ,fixesthequantitiesavailablefornewlicence
applicationsunderthetariffquotaduringthethird
quarterof1997;whereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EC)
No478/95laysdownthatthequantitiesforwhich
licencesmaybeissuedfortheorigin(s)concernedmust
bedeterminedwithoutdelay;Article1
Importlicencesshallbeissuedunderthetariffquotafor
theimportofbananasduringthethirdquarterof1997
againstnewapplicationsasreferredtoinArticle4(1)of
Regulation(EC)No478/95:
1.forthequantityindicatedinthelicenceapplications
multiplied,inthecaseoftheorigin'DominicanRe­
public'bythereductioncoefficientof0,5388forcat­
egoryBlicenceapplications ,excludingapplications
relatingtoaquantityof150tonnesorless;
2.forthequantityindicatedinlicenceapplication,inthe
caseofanoriginotherthanthosereferredtoinpoint
1above.WhereasArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1442/93
laysdownthatwhere,inthecaseofagivenquarterand
origin,foracountryorgroupofcountriesreferredtoin
(')OJNoL47,2b.L.1W3,p.1.
(2)OJNoL349,31.12.1994,p.105.
(3)OJNoL142,12.6.1993,p.6.
(«)OJNoL181,20.7.1996,p.13.
(;)OJNoL49,4.3.1995,p.13.
(s)OJNoL71,31.3.1995,p.84.
P)OJNoL164,21.6.1997,p.12.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11July1997.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10July1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission