EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.9.2000 L235/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1971/2000
of 18 September 2000
on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP
bananas for the fourth 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
February1993onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinbananas(
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 Regula-tion (EEC) No 404/93 as regards imports of bananasinto the Community.
(2)Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays downthatwhere,foragivenquarterandforanyoneormoreoftheoriginslistedinAnnexI,thequantitiescoveredbyimport licence applications appreciably exceed anyindicativequantitiesfixedinaccordancewithArticle14orexceedthequantityavailable,apercentagereductionto be applied to applications must be set.
(3)The quantities available for import under the tariffquotasandthequantityoftraditionalACPbananasarelaid down for the fourth quarter of 2000 by Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 1637/2000(
5).
(4)Inthecaseofthequantitiescoveredbylicenceapplica-tions that are either less than or do not exceed theavailable quantities fixed for the given quarter, importlicences are issued for the quantities applied for.However, for certain origins, the quantities applied forexceed the available quantities. A percentage reductionshould therefore be set to be applied to each licenceapplication for the origin or origins involved.
(5)The maximum quantity for which licence applicationsmaystillbesubmittedshouldbeset,inaccordancewithArticle 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98, takingaccount of the applications accepted at the end of the
application 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
quotasandthequantityoftraditionalACPbananasreferredtoin Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for the fourthquarter of 2000 for:
(a) thequantityindicatedinthelicenceapplication,multiplied
by reduction coefficients of 0,4412, 0,6327, 0,7657,0,8575 and 0,5024 for applications indicating the origins‘Colombia’, ‘Costa Rica’, ‘Ecuador’, ‘Panama’ and ‘Other’respectively;
(b) thequantityindicatedinthelicenceapplicationforapplica-
tionsindicatingoriginsotherthanthosereferredtoin(a).
Article 2
The quantities for which licence applications may still be
submitted in respect of the fourth quarter of 2000 are laiddown in the Annex.
Article 3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 18 September 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(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 187, 26.7.2000, p. 36.
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Quantitiesavailable
fornewapplicationsANNEX
Traditional ACP bananas 329787,675