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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No76/98
of12January 1998
ontheissuing ofimport licences forbananas under thetariff quota forthefirst
quarter of1998 (second period)
THE COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Community,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC) No404/93 of
13February 1993 onthecommon organisation ofthe
market inbananas (1),aslastamended byRegulation (EC)
No3290/94 (2),
Having regard toCommission Regulation (EEC) No
1442/93 of10June 1993 laying down detailed rules for
the application ofthe arrangements for importing
bananas into theCommunity (3),aslast amended by
Regulation (EC) No1409/96 (4),andinparticular Article 9
(3)thereof,
Having regard toCommission Regulation (EC) No478/95
of1March 1995 onadditional rules fortheapplication of
Council Regulation (EEC) No404/93 asregards thetariff
quota arrangements forimports ofbananas into the
Community and amending Regulation (EEC) No
1442/93 (5),asamended byRegulation (EC) No702/95 (6),
and inparticular Article 4(3)thereof,
Whereas Article 2ofCommission Regulation (EC) No
2534/97 of16December 1997 ontheissuing ofimport
licences forbananas under thetariff quota forthefirst
quarter of1998 andonthesubmission ofnew applica-
tions (7),fixes thequantities available fornew licence
applications under thetariff quota during thefirstquarter
of1998; whereas Article 4(3)ofRegulation (EC) No
478/95 laysdown that thequantities forwhich licences
may beissued fortheorigin(s) concerned must bedeter-
mined without delay;
Whereas Article 9(3)ofRegulation (EEC) No1442/93
laysdown thatwhere, inthecase ofagiven quarter andorigin, foracountry orgroup ofcountries referred toin
Annex ItoRegulation (EC) No478/95, thequantities
covered byimport licence applications from oneormore
ofthecategories ofoperators exceed thequantity avail-
able, areduction percentage istobeapplied toapplica-
tion forthatorigin; whereas, however, thatprovision does
notapply tocategory Clicence applications nortocat-
egory AandBapplications relating toaquantity of150
tonnes orless,provided thatthetotal quantity covered by
thecategory AandBapplications does notexceed, fora
given origin, 15%ofthetotal ofthequantities applied
for;
Whereas thequantity applied for,for‘Costa Rica category
B’,exceeds thequantity available andareduction coeffi-
cient should therefore beapplied; whereas import licences
may beissued forthequantity referred toinallother new
applications;
Whereas this Regulation should apply immediately to
permit licences tobeissued asquickly aspossible,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Import licences shall beissued under thetariff quota for
theimport ofbananas during thefirst quarter of1998
against new applications asreferred toinArticle 4(1)of
Regulation (EC) No478/95:
1.forthequantity indicated inthelicence applications
multiplied, inthecaseoftheorigin ‘Costa Rica’ bythe
reduction coefficient of0,0788 forcategory Blicence
applications, excluding applications relating toaquan-
tityof150 tonnes orless;
2.forthequantity indicated inlicence application, inthe
case ofanorigin other than those referred toinpoint
1above.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on13January
1998.(1)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.
(5)OJL49,4.3.1995, p.13.
(6)OJL71,31.3.1995, p.84.
(7)OJL346, 17.12.1997, p.75.
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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember
States.
Done atBrussels, 12January 1998.
FortheCommission
Franz FISCHLER
Member oftheCommission