14.1.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL10/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No42/97
of13January1997
ontheissuingofimportlicencesforbananasunderthetariffquotaforthefirst
quarterof1997(secondperiod)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No404/93of
13February1993onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinbananas('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No3290/94(2),ofthecategoriesofoperatorsexceedthequantityavai­
lable,areductionpercentageistobeappliedtoapplica­
tionforthatorigin;whereas,however,thatprovisiondoes
notapplytocategoryClicenceapplicationsnortocate­
goryAandBapplicationsrelatingtoaquantityof150
tonnesorless,providedthatthetotalquantitycoveredby
thecategoryAandBapplicationsdoesnotexceed,fora
givenorigin,15%ofthetotalofthequantitiesapplied
for;
Whereasthequantityappliedfor'ColombiacategoryB'
exceedsthequantityavailableandareductioncoefficient
shouldthereforebeapplied;whereasimportlicencesmay
beissuedforthequantityreferredtoinallothernew
applications ;
WhereasthisRegulationshouldapplyimmediatelyto
permitlicencestobeissuedasquicklyaspossible,HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1442/93of10June1993layingdowndetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofthearrangements forimporting
bananasintotheCommunity (3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No1409/96(4),andinparticularArticle9
(3)thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No478/95
of1March1995onadditionalrulesfortheapplicationof
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No404/93asregardsthetariff
quotaarrangements forimportsofbananasintothe
Community andamendingRegulation (EEC)No
1442/93f5),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No702/95(6),
andinparticularArticle4(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCommissionRegulation (EC)No
2413/96of18December1996ontheissuingofimport
licencesforbananasunderthetariffquotaforthefirst
quarterof1997andonthesubmissionofnewapplica­
tionsQ,fixesthequantitiesavailablefornewlicence
applicationsunderthetariffquotaduringthefirstquarter
of1997;whereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation (EC)No
478/95laysdownthatthequantitiesforwhichlicences
maybeissuedfortheorigin(s)concernedmustbedeter­
minedwithoutdelay;Article1
Importlicencesshallbeissuedunderthetariffquotafor
theimportofbananasduringthefirstquarterof1997
againstnewapplicationsasreferredtoinArticle4(1)of
Regulation (EC)No478/95:
1.forthequantityindicatedinthelicenceapplications
multiplied,inthecaseoftheorigin'Colombia'bythe
reductioncoefficientof0,2270forcategoryBlicence
applications ,excludingapplicationsrelatingtoaquan­
tityof150tonnesorless;
2.forthequantityindicatedinlicenceapplication,inthe
caseofanoriginotherthanthosereferredtoinpoint
1above;
3.forthequantityindicatedintheapplication,inthe
caseofcategoryClicences.WhereasArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1442/93
laysdownthat,where,inthecaseofagivenquarterand
origin,foracountryorgroupofcountriesreferredtoin
AnnexItoRegulation (EC)No478/95,thequantities
coveredbyimportlicenceapplicationsfromoneormore
(')OJNoL47,25.2.1993,p.1.
(2)OJNoL349,31.12.1994,p.105.
(3)OJNoL142,12.6.1993,p.6.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14January
1997.(4)OJNoL181,20.7.1996,p.13.0OJNoL49,4.3.1995,p.13.
(6)OJNoL71,31.3.1995,p.84.0OJNoL329,19.12.1996,p.21.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13January1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission