Amended proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organization of the market in bananas, Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, and Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 1996-02-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common commercial policy, common customs tariff, common organisation of markets, tariff nomenclature, tropical fruit

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Amended  proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No 404/93 on the eommon  organization  of the 
market  in  bananas.  Regulation  (EEC) No  1035/72 on  the eommon  organization 
of  the market  in  fruit  and  vegetables, and  Regulation  (EEC)  No 2658/87 on the 
tariff  and  statistical  nomenclature  and on the Common  Customs  Tariff 

(presented  by the Commission  pursuant  to Article  189 a (2) 
of the EC-Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

On 6 April  1995 the Commission presented  a proposal1 to the Council  for  the  amendment 
of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  404/93  on  the  common  organization  of  the  market  in  bananas, 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72  on  the  common  organization  of  the  market  in  fruit  and 
vegetables,  and  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2658/87  on  the  tariff  and  statistical  nomenclature 
and  on  the  Common  Customs  Tariff. 

One  of  the  proposed  amendments  involved  excluding  llg  bananas  from  the  market 
organization  for  bananas  and  including  them  in  the  market  organization  for  fruit  and 
vegetables. 

In the light of Parliament's opinion, delivered  on  12 December  1995, the Commission  has 
decided  to  continue  to  include  fig  bananas  in  the  market  organization  for  bananas. 

The  purpose  of  this  proposal  is  to  withdraw  the  amendment  originally  proposed. 

COM(95)  114 final  - OJ No C  136, 3.6.1995,  p. 18. 

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Amended  proposal  for  a 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 

amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  404/93  on  the  common  organization  of  the 
market  in  bananas,  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72  on  the  common  organization 
of  the  market  in  fruit  and  vegetables,  and  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2658/87  on  the 
tariff  and  statistical  nomenclature  and  on  the  Common  Customs  Tariff 

(presented  by  the  Commission  pursuant  to  Article  189  a  (2) 
of  the  EC-Treaty) 

On  6  April  1995  the  Commission  presented  the  above  proposal  to  the  Council.^ 

In  the  light  of  Parliament's  opinion,  delivered  on  12  December  1995,  the  original 
proposal  is  amended  as  follows: 

The  title  now  becomes: 

Proposal  for 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  N" 

amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  404/93 

on  the  common  organization  of  the  market  in  bananas 

The  first  recital  is  deleted. 

In  Article  1, paragraph  1 is deleted.  (The  subsequent  paragraphs  are  renumbered 
accordingly). 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Articles  2  and  3  are  deleted. 

COM(95)  114 final  - OJ No C  136, 3.6.1995,  p. 18. 

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