Commission Regulation (EC) No 2000/98 of 18 September 1998 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the fourth quarter of 1998 and on the submission of new applications (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, third country, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2000/98

of 18 September 1998

on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the fourth
quarter of 1998 and on the submission of new applications

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

to be applied to each licence application for the origin or
origins involved and category of licence 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 1637/98 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

for

importing bananas

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), lays
down detailed rules for the application of the arrange-
ments
into the Community;
whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95 (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (6), lays down
additional rules for the application of the tariff quota
arrangements laid down in Articles 18 and 19 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 404/93;

Whereas, the maximum quantity for which such licence
applications may still be submitted should be set taking
account of the available quantities fixed by Regulation
(EC) No 1646/98 and the applications accepted at the end
of the application period whereas Regulation (EC) No
478/95 on additional rules for the application of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff quota arrange-
ments for imports of bananas into the Community and
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 applies;

Whereas this Regulation should apply immediately to
permit licences to be issued as quickly as possible;

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

Whereas Article 9(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 lays
down that where, in the case of a given 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 of the
categories of operators exceed the quantity available, a
reduction percentage to be applied to applications shall
be set;

Whereas the quantities available for import under the
tariff quota are laid down for the fourth quarter of 1998 in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1646/98 (7);

Whereas in the case of the quantities covered by licence
applications that are either less than or equal to the
quantities available, licences are issued for the quantities
applied for; whereas, however,
the
quantities applied for exceed the quantities available set
in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1646/98;
out
whereas, therefore, a reduction percentage should be set

for certain origins,

(1) OJ L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 28.
(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 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 55.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences shall be issued under the tariff quota
arrangements for the import of bananas for the fourth
quarter of 1998 for the quantity indicated in the licence
application, multiplied by reduction coefficients of
0,6837, 0,7653, 0,4645 and 0,8904 for applications indic-
ating the origins ‘Columbia',
‘Dominican
Republic' and ‘C(cid:147)te d’Ivoire' respectively.

‘Costa Rica',

Article 2

The quantities for which licence applications may still be
lodged in respect of the fourth quarter of 1998 are laid
down in the Annex hereto.

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, 18 September 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

(in tonnes)

Quantities available
for new requests

48 351,916

23 837,117

83 290,442

7 950,000

3 969,200

818,533

NICARAGUA

VENEZUELA

OTHERS

BELIZE

CAMEROON

Other ACP