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)
Date: 1998-04-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, third country, tropical fruit

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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 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),

application of

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for
the
importing
bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), and in particular Article 9
(3) thereof,

arrangements

the

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
Community
amending Regulation (EEC) No
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
645/98 of 20 March 1998 on the issuing of
import
licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the second
quarter of 1998 and on the submission of new applica-
fixes the quantities available for new licence
tions (7),
applications under the tariff quota during the second
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 determined without delay;

Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93
lays down that where, in the case of a given quarter and
origin, for a country or group of countries referred to in

(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.

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 quantities applied for, for ‘Colombia cat-
egory A’, ‘Costa Rica category A’ and ‘Cameroon’, exceed
the quantity available and a reduction coefficient should
therefore be applied; whereas import
licences may be
issued 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 1998
against new applications as referred to in Article 4 (1) of
Regulation (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 of
applications 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 of
applications 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 of
applications from all categories of operators,
in-
cluding applications for up to 150 tonnes;

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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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April 1998.

Article 2

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