COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 76/98 of 12 January 1998 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the first quarter of 1998 (second period)
Date: 1998-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Costa Rica, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 76/98

of 12 January 1998

on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the first
quarter of 1998 (second period)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of
13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the
market 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 for
the application of
importing
bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), and in particular Article 9
(3) thereof,

the arrangements

for

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95
of 1 March 1995 on additional rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff
quota arrangements for
imports of bananas into the
amending Regulation (EEC) No
Community
1442/93 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (6),
and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,

and

Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2534/97 of 16 December 1997 on the issuing of import
licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the first
quarter 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 first quarter
of 1998; whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No
478/95 lays down that the quantities for which licences
may be issued for the origin(s) concerned must be deter-
mined without delay;

Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93
lays down that where, in the case of a given quarter and

(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 346, 17. 12. 1997, p. 75.

origin, for a country or group of countries referred to in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/95, the quantities
covered by import licence applications from one or more
of 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 does
not apply to category C licence applications nor to cat-
egory A and B applications relating to a quantity of 150
tonnes or less, provided that the total quantity covered by
the category A and B applications does not exceed, for a
given origin, 15 % of the total of the quantities applied
for;

Whereas the quantity applied for, for ‘Costa Rica category
B’, exceeds the quantity available and a reduction coeffi-
cient should therefore be applied; whereas import licences
may be issued for the quantity referred to in 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 first quarter of 1998
against new applications as referred to in Article 4 (1) of
Regulation (EC) No 478/95:

1. for the quantity indicated in the licence applications
multiplied, in the case of the origin ‘Costa Rica’ by the
reduction coefficient of 0,0788 for category B licence
applications, excluding applications relating to a quan-
tity of 150 tonnes or less;

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 13 January
1998.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 12 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission