Commission Regulation (EC) No 1463/98 of 8 July 1998 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third quarter of 1998 (second period)
Date: 1998-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Dominican Republic, certificate of origin, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1463/98

of 8 July 1998

on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third
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
Community and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/
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
import
1281/98 of 19 June 1998 on the issuing of
licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third
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 third
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
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/95, the quantities
covered by import licence applications from one or more

(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 176, 20. 6. 1998, p. 21.

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
category A and B applications relating to a quantity of
150 tonnes or
the total quantity
covered by the category A and B applications does not
exceed, for a given origin, 15 % of the total of the quant-
ities applied for;

less, provided that

Whereas the quantity applied for, for ‘Dominican Repub-
lic' and ‘others', exceed the quantity available and a reduc-
tion coefficient 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 third 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 application
multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Dominican Repub-
lic' by the reduction coefficient 0,6082 and for the
origin ‘others' by a reduction coefficient of 0,6552 in
the case of applications from operators in categories A
and B, excluding applications for up to 150 tonnes;

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 9 July 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission