NoL107/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.4.76
COMMISSION DECISION
of4Marct1976
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
bananas,fallingwithinsubheading08.01BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,orig­
inatinginthedollarzone(1),andinfreecirculationintheNetherlandsandin
Ireland
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(76/412/EEC)
lowerthanthepriceofbananasoriginatinginthe
dollarzone;
Whereasaccordingtotheinformationsuppliedinthe
application,theresultisaloweringoftheretailprice
ofbananasatpresentontheUnitedKingdom
market;
Whereasbananas,asperishableproduce,require
immediatesale,andhavingregardtothelicences
alreadyissued,theindirectimportsenvisagedthreaten
tocauseanexcessofsupplyandconsequently an
aggravationofthetendencytowardslowerprices;
Whereastheanticipatedindirectimportsarelikelyto
endangertheobjectiveofProtocol6onbananasof
theLomeConventionandtoimpedethecommercial
policymeasuresthattheUnitedKingdomhastaken
withrespecttothe'dollarzone'countries;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereas,inordertoensurethattheimplementation
oftheabovementioned commercialpolicymeasuresis
notobstructed,authorization shouldbegivenfora
limitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971(2),andinparticular
Article1thereof,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon26
February1976bytheUnitedKingdomGovernment
totheCommission bytelexfromtheofficeofits
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommuni­
ties,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreat­
menttobananas,fallingwithinsubheading08.01Bof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthedollar
zoneandinfreecirculationinIrelandandinthe
Netherlands ,
WhereastheimportationofbananastoIrelandand
theNetherlands isliberalizedwhileintheUnited
Kingdomimportsofbananasoriginatinginthecoun­
triescomprisingthedollarzonearesubjecttoquantita­
tiverestrictionsandinthiscontextacomprehensive ,
annualbasicquotaof4000metrictonshasbeen
opened;
Whereasitappearsfromsuchapplicationthatthe
objectiveofthiscommercialpolicyistoassurea
priorityofentrytotheUnitedKingdommarketof
bananasoriginatingfromtheCarribean,whichcoun­
tries,becauseoftheirlessfavourableproduction
factorsascomparedwithotherexportingcountries
wouldbeunabletowithstandfreecompetition ;
WhereasbyvirtueofProtocol6oftheLomeConven­
tion,signedon28February1975,theCommunity
andtheACPcountriesagreedontheobjectivethat
fortheirbananaexportstotheCommunitynoone
ACPcountrywillbeplacedinalessfavourableposi­
tionthanpreviouslyorcurrentlywithrespectto
marketaccessandtoadvantagesinthemarket,and
thattheCommunitywilltakeallnecessarymeasures
torealizethisobjective;
WhereastheaveragepriceofbananasfromtheCarri­
beanisatthepresentmomentapproximately 10%HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
products,wheretheyoriginateinthedollarzoneand
areinfreecirculationinIrelandandintheNether­
lands,andinrespectofwhichapplicationsforimport
licenceswerelodgedafter16February1976andare,(')Bolivia,Canada,Colombia,CostaRica,Cuba,Dominican
Republic,Ecuador,ElSalvador,Guatemala,Haiti,Repu­
blicofHonduras,Liberia,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,
Philippines ,USAandVenezuela . (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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onthedateofthisDecision,pendingwiththeUnited
Kingdomauthorities :Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdom.
DoneatBrussels,4March1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-PresidentCCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
08.01BBananas
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