Commission Regulation (EC) No 1651/98 of 27 July 1998 fixing the reduction coefficients for the determination of the quantity of bananas to be allocated to each operator in category C from the tariff quota for 1998 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

28. 7. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 210/75

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1651/98

of 27 July 1998

fixing the reduction coefficients for the determination of the quantity of bananas
to be allocated to each operator in category C from the tariff quota for 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),

Whereas, on that basis,
for 1998
should be determined; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
Regulation (EC) No 2154/97 should be repealed;

the new coefficient

Whereas the provisions of this Regulation must enter into
force immediately, given the time limits laid down in
Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Bananas,

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
4(4) thereof,

the arrangements

for

Whereas, pending the adaptation of the volume of the
tariff quota as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland
and Sweden, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2154/97 (5),
for the purposes of implementing Article 4(4) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1442/93, provisionally fixes the reduction
allocation
to be applied to the annual
coefficient
requested by each operator in category C on the basis of a
tariff quota volume of 2 200 000 tonnes for 1998;

Whereas the volume of the tariff quota was subsequently
fixed at 2 553 000 tonnes for 1998 by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1645/98 (6); whereas, however, the special
quantity of 16 500 tonnes reserved for cases of extreme
hardship must not be taken into account for the calcula-
tion of the reduction coefficient in question;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantity to be allocated to each operator in category
C in respect of 1998 within the tariff quota provided for
in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93
shall be calculated by applying to the quantity applied for
by each operator in accordance with Article 4(4) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1442/93, a reduction coefficient of
0,000368.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2154/97 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 27 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 297, 31. 10. 1997, p. 120.
(6) See page 53 of this Official Journal.