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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 787/98
of 14 April 1998
on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the
second 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 application ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariffquota arrangements for imports of bananas into theCommunity and amending Regulation (EEC) No1442/93 (
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
645/98 of 20 March 1998 on the issuing of importlicences for bananas under the tariff quota for the secondquarter 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 secondquarter 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 quantities
covered 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 to cat-egory A and B applications relating to a quantity of 150tonnes or less, provided that the total quantity covered bythe category A and B applications does not exceed, for agiven origin, 15 % of the total of the quantities appliedfor;
Whereas the quantities applied for, for ‘Colombia cat-
egory A’, ‘Costa Rica category A’ and ‘Cameroon’, exceedthe quantity available and a reduction coefficient shouldtherefore be applied; whereas import licences may beissued for the quantity referred to in all other new ap-plications;
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 second quarter of 1998against new applications as referred to in Article 4 (1) ofRegulation (EC) No 478/95:
1. for the quantity set out in the licence application:
(a) multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Colombia’, by
the reduction coefficient 0,9893 in the case ofapplications from operators in category A, includ-ing applications for up to 150 tonnes;
(b) multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Costa Rica’, by
the reduction coefficient 0,9202 in the case ofapplications from operators in category A, includ-ing applications for up to 150 tonnes;
(c) multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Cameroon’, by
the reduction coefficient 0,7112 in the case ofapplications from all categories of operators, in-cluding applications for up to 150 tonnes;
(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 87, 21. 3. 1998, p. 10.
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2. for the quantity indicated in licence application, in the case of an origin other than
those referred to in point 1 above.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 14 April 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission