20.11.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL300/13
COMMISSION DECISION
of30October1975
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttobananas
fallingwithinsubheading08.01BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inColumbia ,CostaRicaandEcuador,andinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(75/702/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof;
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreatymadeon24
October1975bytheUnitedKingdomGovernmentto
theCommissionbytelexfromtheofficeofitsPerma­
nentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ,
forauthorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatment
tobananasfallingwithinsubheading08.01Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginColumbia,
CostaRicaandEcuador,andinfreecirculationinthe
Netherlands ;
WhereastheimportationofbananastotheNether­
landsisliberalizedwhileintheUnitedKingdom
importsofbananasoriginatinginColumbia,Costa
RicaandEcuador,andothercountriescomprisingthe
dollarzone(!)aresubjecttoquantitativerestrictions
andinthiscontextacomprehensive ,annualbasic
quotaof4000metrictonshasbeenopened;
Whereasitappearsfromsuchrecoursethattheobjec­
tiveofthiscommercialpolicyistoassureapriorityof
entrytotheUnitedKingdommarketofbananasorigi­
natingfromtheCarribean,whichcountries,because
oftheirlessfavourableproductionfactorsascompared
withotherexportingcountries,wouldbeunableto
withstandfreecompetition ;
WhereasbyvirtueofProtocol6oftheLomeconven­
tionsigned28February1975,theCommunityand
theACPcountriesagreedontheobjectivethatfor
theirbananaexportstotheCommunitynooneACP
countrywillbeplacedinalessfavourableposition
thanpreviouslyorcurrentlywithrespecttomarket
accessandtoadvantagesinthemarket,andthattheCommunitywilltakeallnecessarymeasurestorealize
thisobjective;
WhereastheUnitedKingdomgranted,fortheperiod
1October1975to23November1975,supplementary
licencesfortheimportationof15000metrictonsof
bananasoriginatingfromthe'dollarzone'countries
overandabovethe4000metrictonsofthebasic
quota,ofwhich10000metrictonshavealreadybeen
enteredand5000areintendedtosupplytheneedsof
themarketfrom23October1975to23November
1975;
Whereasaccordingtotheinformationsuppliedinthe
appeal,theresultisaloweringoftheretailpriceof
bananasatpresentontheUnitedKingdommarket;
Whereasbananas,asperishableproduce,require
immediatesale,andhavingregardtothelicences
alreadyissued,theindirectimportsenvisagedthreaten
tocauseanexcessofsupplyfortheperiod23October
1975to23November1975andconsequently an
aggravationofthetendencytowardslowerprices;
Whereastheanticipatedindirectimportsarelikelyto
endangertheobjectivesofProtocol6onbananasof
theLomeconventionandtoimpedethecommercial
policymeasuresthattheUnitedKingdomhastaken
withrespecttothe'dollarzone'countries;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereas,inordertoensurethattheimplementation
oftheabovementioned commercialpolicymeasuresis
notobstructed,authorization shouldbegiven,fora
limitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971(2),andinparticular
Article1thereof,(')Bolivia,Canada,Cuba,DominicanRepublic,ElSalvador,
Guatemala,Haiti,RepublicofHonduras,Liberia,Mexico,
Nicaragua,Panama,Philippines ,USAandVenezuela . (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL300/14 20.11.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofbananasfalling
withinsubheading08.01BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,wheretheyoriginateinColumbia,CostaRica
andEcuadorandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter13October
1975.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntiltheopeningofnew
importpossibilitiesoftheproductinquestionintoUnitedKingdomfromColumbia,CostaRicaand
Ecuador,andinanycasenotlaterthan23November
1975.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdom.
DoneatBrussels,30October1975.
FortheCommission
TheVice-President
ChristopherSOAMES