Commission Regulation (EC) No 1721/98 of 31 July 1998 fixing the reduction coefficients for the determination of the quantity of bananas to be allocated to each operator in categories A and B from the tariff quota for 1998 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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Official Journal of the European Communities

1. 8. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1721/98

of 31 July 1998

fixing the reduction coefficients for the determination of the quantity of
bananas to be allocated to each operator in categories A and B from the tariff
quota for 1998

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

hardship must not be taken into account for the calcula-
tion of the reduction coefficients in question;

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, pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed
the arrangements for im-
rules for the application of
porting bananas into the Community (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), the Commission, de-
pending on the annual tariff quota and the total reference
quantities of operators determined pursuant to Articles 3
and following of that Regulation, is to fix, where appro-
priate, a single reduction coefficient for each category of
operators to be applied to operators’ reference quantities
to determine the quantity to be allocated to each for the
year in question;

certain

Whereas, pending the adaptation of the volume of the
tariff quota as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland
and Sweden and the results of additional verifications
concerning
by
information
Member
States, Commission Regulation (EC) No
2071/97 (5), for the purposes of implementing Article 6 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93, provisionally fixes the
reduction coefficients to be applied to the reference
quantity of each operator in categories A and B, on the
basis of a tariff quota volume of 2 200 000 tonnes for
1998;

communicated

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

Whereas, on that basis and taking account of the addi-
tional verifications carried out since the adoption of
Regulation (EC) No 2071/97, the new coefficients for
1998 should be determined; whereas,
for the sake of
clarity, Regulation (EC) No 2071/97 should be repealed;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantity to be allocated to each operator in categories
A and B in respect of
the period 1 January to 31
December 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 operator’s reference
quantity, determined in accordance with Article 5 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93, the following single reduc-
tion coefficients:

— for each category A operator: 0,860438,

— for each category B operator: 0,527418.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2071/97 is hereby repealed.

(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 291, 24. 10. 1997, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 53.

Article 3

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, 31 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission