L278/16 |EN|OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.10.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1981/97
of10October1997
ontheissuingofimportlicencesforbananasunderthetariffquotaforthe
fourthquarterof1997(secondperiod)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
countriesreferredtoinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No
478/95)exceedthequantityavailable,areductionper­
centageistobeappliedtoapplicationsquotingthat
origin;
Whereas,asregardsColombiaandCostaRica,theabove­
mentionedprovisionsofArticle3ofRegulation(EC)No
1814/97shouldbeappliedandthequantitiesforwhich
licencesmaybeissuedtocategoryBoperatorsshouldbe
determined ;
Whereas,onthebasisofapplicationssubmittedduring
thesecondperiod,thequantitiesforwhichlicencesmay
beissuedfortheoriginsconcernedshouldbedetermined
forthwith;
WhereasthisRegulationmustapplyimmediately so
licencescanbeissuedasquicklyaspossible,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No404/93of
13February1993onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinbananas('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No3290/94(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1442/93of10June1993layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofthearrangements forimporting
bananasintotheCommunity (3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No1409/96(4),andinparticularArticle9
(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No478/95
of1March1995onadditionalrulesfortheapplicationof
Regulation(EEC)No404/93asregardsthetariffquota
arrangementsforimportsofbananasintotheCommunity
andamendingRegulation (EEC)No1442/93(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No702/95(6),andinpar­
ticularArticle4(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EC)No
1814/97of19September1997ontheissuingofimport
licencesforbananasunderthetariffquotaforthefourth
quarterof1997andonthesubmissionofnewapplica­
tions^,andinparticularArticle3thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1814/97fixesthequantities
availableforthefourthquarterof1997underthesecond
periodforthesubmissionofapplicationsprovidedforin
Article4ofRegulation(EC)No478/95;whereas,under
thatRegulation,importlicencesaretobeissuedtocate­
goryBoperatorswhohavesubmittedapplicationswithin
thetimelimitlaiddownforthequantitiesavailable,
whereapplicableattheendofthesecondperiod,for
importsofbananasoriginatinginCostaRica,Colombia
andNicaraguaundercategoriesAandC;
WhereasArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1442/93
statesthat,wherethequantitiescoveredbyimportlicence
applicationsfromoneormoreofthecategoriesofopera­
torsforagivenquarterandorigin(countryorgroupofArticle1
Importlicencesshallbeissuedunderthetariffquotafor
importsofbananasduringthefourthquarterof1997
(secondperiod)inrespectofnewapplicationsasreferred
toinArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EC)No478/95and
thosereferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation (EC)No
1814/97:
1.Forthequantitysetoutinthelicenceapplication :
(a)multiplied,inrespectoftheorigin'Colombia',by
thereductioncoefficient0,6156inthecaseof
applicationsfromoperatorsincategoryB,in­
cludingapplicationsforupto150tonnes;
(b)multiplied,inrespectoftheorigin'CostaRica',by
thereductioncoefficient0,9731inthecaseof
applicationsfromoperatorsincategoryB,in­
cludingapplicationsforupto150tonnes;
(c)multiplied,inrespectoftheorigin'Cameroon',by
thereductioncoefficient0,9998inthecaseofap­
plicationsfromallcategoriesofoperators,inclu­
dingapplicationsforupto150tonnes;
(d)multiplied,inrespectoftheorigin'Coted'lvoire',
bythereductioncoefficient0,3591inthecaseof
applicationsfromallcategoriesofoperators,
includingapplicationsforupto150tonnes.
2.Forthequantitysetoutinthelicenceapplicationin
respectoforiginsotherthanthosementionedinpoint')OJL47,25.2.1993,p.1.
2)OJL349,31.12.1994,p.105.
3)OJL142,12.6.1993,p.6.
4)OJL181,20.7.1996,p.13.
s)OJL49,4.3.1995,p.13.
«)OJL71,31.3.1995,p.84.
^OJL257,20.9.1997,p.9.1.

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Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11October1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10October1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission