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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1463/98
of 8 July 1998
on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third
quarter of 1998 (second period)
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 themarket in bananas (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 3290/94 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules forthe application of the arrangements for importingbananas into the Community (
3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), and in particular Article
9 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/
95 of 1 March 1995 on additional rules for the applicationof Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards thetariff quota arrangements for imports of bananas into theCommunity and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (
5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (6), and
in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1281/98 of 19 June 1998 on the issuing of importlicences for bananas under the tariff quota for the thirdquarter of 1998 and on the submission of new applica-tions (
7), fixes the quantities available for new licence
applications under the tariff quota during the thirdquarter of 1998; whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC)No 478/95 lays down that the quantities for whichlicences may be issued for the origin(s) concerned mustbe determined without delay;
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93
lays down that where, in the case of a given quarter andorigin, for a country or group of countries referred to inAnnex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/95, the quantitiescovered by import licence applications from one or moreof the categories of operators exceed the quantity avail-
able, a reduction percentage is to be applied to applica-tion for that origin; whereas, however, that provision doesnot apply to category C licence applications nor tocategory A and B applications relating to a quantity of150 tonnes or less, provided that the total quantitycovered by the category A and B applications does notexceed, for a given origin, 15 % of the total of the quant-ities applied for;
Whereas the quantity applied for, for ‘Dominican Repub-
lic' and ‘others', exceed the quantity available and a reduc-tion coefficient should therefore be applied; whereasimport licences may be issued for the quantity referred toin all other new applications;
Whereas this Regulation should apply immediately to
permit licences to be issued as quickly as possible,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Import licences shall be issued under the tariff quota for
the import of bananas during the third quarter of 1998against new applications as referred to in Article 4 (1) ofRegulation (EC) No 478/95:
1. for the quantity indicated in the licence application
multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Dominican Repub-lic' by the reduction coefficient 0,6082 and for theorigin ‘others' by a reduction coefficient of 0,6552 inthe case of applications from operators in categories Aand B, excluding applications for up to 150 tonnes;
2. for the quantity indicated in licence application, in the
case of an origin other than those referred to in point 1above.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 July 1998.
(1) OJ L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 181, 20. 7. 1996, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 49, 4. 3. 1995, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 84.
(7) OJ L 176, 20. 6. 1998, p. 21.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission