Commission Regulation (EC) No 442/98 of 25 February 1998 fixing certain indicative quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the second quarter of 1998 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, third country, tropical fruit

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 2. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 442/98

of 25 February 1998

fixing certain indicative quantities for imports of bananas into the Community
for the second quarter of 1998

(Text with EEA relevance)

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), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas Article 9(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules
for the application of the arrangements for importing
bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), provides for the fixing of
indicative quantities expressed as a percentage of
the
quantities allocated to the various countries or groups of
countries mentioned in Annex I to Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 478/95 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 702/95 (6), for the purpose of issuing import licences
for each quarter using data and forecasts relating to the
Community market;

Whereas, on the basis of an analysis of the data relating
on the one hand to the quantities of bananas marketed in
the Community in 1997 and in particular to actual
imports in particular during the second quarter, and on
the other hand to the outlook for supply of the market
and consumption within the Community during the
second quarter of 1998, an indicative quantity should be
fixed for each country of origin at 34 % of the quantity
allocated to it
in the tariff quota to ensure adequate
supplies to the Community as a whole;

Whereas, on the basis of the same data, the authorised
quantity referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1442/93 which operators in Categories A and B can
apply for in respect of the second quarter of 1998 should
be fixed;

Whereas the indicative quantities provided for in Article
14(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for the purposes of
issuing import licences for traditional imports from ACP
States should also be fixed;

Whereas this Regulation must enter into force prior to
the period for the submission of licence applications in
respect of the second quarter of 1998;

(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.

Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has
not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the Community as a whole for the second quarter of
1998, the indicative quantities provided for in Article 9(1)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for imports of bananas
under the tariff quota provided for in Articles 18 and 19
of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be 34 % of the
quantities laid down for each country or group of coun-
tries mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/
95.

The indicative quantities shall apply to import licence
applications in respect of imports of bananas originating
in Costa Rica, Colombia and Nicaragua from operators in
Categories A and C as well as Category B.

Article 2

The authorised quantities for Category A and B operators
for the second quarter of 1998 as provided for in Article
9(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 shall amount to
36 % of the quantity allocated to each operator pursuant
to the second paragraph of Article 6 of that Regulation.

Article 3

The indicative quantities provided for in Article 14(1) of
traditional ACP
Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for
imports of bananas for the second quarter of 1998 shall
be 31 % of the traditional quantities laid down in respect
of each country in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
404/93.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission