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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2776/2000
of 18 December 2000
on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP
bananas for the first quarter of 2001 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 last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1632/2000(4), lays
down detailed rules for the implementation of CouncilRegulation (EEC) No 404/93 regarding imports ofbananas into the Community.
(2)Commission Regulation (EC) No 2374/2000(5) lays
down specific rules on imports of bananas under thetariff quotas and of traditional ACP bananas for 2001.
(3)Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays downthat where, in the case of a given origin or originsreferred to in Annex I, the quantities covered by importlicence applications exceed the quantity available, areduction percentage must be set to be applied toapplications.
(4)The indicative quantities available for import under thetariffquotasandthequantityoftraditionalACPbananasare laid down for the first quarter of 2001 by Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 2599/2000(
6), which also lays
down the conditions for issuing licences for the firstquarter of 2001.
(5)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 or
origins involved.
(6)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.
(7)This Regulation should apply immediately to permitlicences to be issued as quickly as possible.
(8)The measures provided for in this Regualtion 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 firstquarter of 2001 for:
(a) the quantity indicated in the licence application, multiplied
by reduction coefficients of 0,6239, 0,6816, 0,7141 and0,7889, for applications indicating the origins ‘Columbia’,‘Costa Rica’, ‘Ecuador’ and ‘Other’ respectively;
(b) the quantity indicated in the licence application, for
applications indicating origins other than those referred toin (a).
Article 2
The quantities for which licence applications may still be
lodged in respect of the first quarter of 2001 are laid down inthe 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 187, 26.7.2000, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 275, 27.10.2000, p. 5.
(6) OJ L 300, 29.11.2000, p. 8.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 December 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(tonnes)
QuantitiesavailablefornewapplicationsANNEX
Panama 36498,141
TraditionalACPbananas 188445,917