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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1266/2000
of 16 June 2000
ontheissuingofimportlicencesforbananasunderthetariffquotasandthequantityoftraditional
ACP bananas for the third quarter of 2000 and on the submission of new applications
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13
February 1993 on the common organisation of the market inbananas(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98(3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 756/1999(4), lays
down detailed rules for the implementation of Regula-tion(EEC)No404/93regardingimportsofbananasintothe Community.
(2)Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays downthat where, in the case of a given quarter and for anyone or more of the origins listed in Annex I, the quant-ities applied for appreciably exceed any indicativequantity fixed under Article 14 or exceed the quantitiesavailable, a percentage reduction to be applied to theamounts requested shall be fixed.
(3)The indicative quantities available for import under thetariffquotasandthequantityoftraditionalACPbananasarelaiddownforthethirdquarterof2000byCommis-sion Regulation (EC) No 1077/2000(
5).
(4)In the case of the quantities covered by licence applica-tions that are either less than, or do not appreciablyexceed the indicative quantities fixed for the givenquarter, import licences are issued for the quantitiesapplied for. However, for certain origins, the quantitiesapplied for appreciably exceed the indicative quantities.A reduction percentage should therefore be set to beapplied to each licence application for the origin ororigins involved.(5)The maximum quantity for which licence applicationsmay still be submitted in accordance with Article 18 ofRegulation (EC) No 2362/98 should be set, takingaccount of the applications accepted at the end of theapplication period and of the available quantities.
(6)This Regulation should apply immediately to permitlicences to be issued as quickly as possible.
(7)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Bananas,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Import licences for bananas shall be issued under the tariff
quotas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas referred toin Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for the thirdquarter of 2000 for:
(a) the quantity indicated in the licence application multiplied
by reduction coefficients of 0,6136, 0,7754, 08492 and0,5790, for applications indicating origins ‘Colombia’,‘Costa Rica’, ‘Ecuador’ and ‘Other’ respectively;
(b) thequantityindicatedinthelicenceapplicationforapplica-
tions indicating origins other than those referred to in (a).
Article 2
The quantities for which licence applications may still be
lodgedinrespectofthethirdquarterof2000arelaiddowninthe Annex.
Article 3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 32.
(4) OJ L 98, 13.4.1999, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 121, 23.5.2000, p. 4.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 16 June 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
176390,064(tonnes)
Traditional ACP bananasPanama 28421,515QuantitiesavailablefornewapplicationsANNEX