Commission Regulation (EC) No 2806/98 of 23 December 1998 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP bananas for the first quarter of 1999 and on the submission of new applications (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2806/98

of 23 December 1998

on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for
traditional ACP bananas for the first quarter of 1999 and on the submission of
new applications

(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 1637/98 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/
98 of 28 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93
regarding imports of bananas into the Community (3), and
in particular Articles 18 and 29 thereof,

Whereas Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays
down that if the quantities covered by applications for
licences in respect of the first quarter of 1999 covering
imports from one or more of the origins listed in Annex I
exceed 26 % of the quantities set out in that Annex, the
Commission is to fix a percentage reduction to be applied
to all applications in respect of the origin(s) concerned;

Whereas in the case of the quantities covered by licence
applications that are either less than or equal to the
ceiling laid down in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No
2362/98, licences are issued for the quantities applied for;
whereas, however,
the quantities
therefore, a
applied for exceed that ceiling; whereas,
reduction percentage should be set to be applied to each
licence application for the origin(s) involved;

for certain origins,

Whereas the maximum quantity for which such licence
applications may still be submitted should be set taking
account of
the available quantities resulting from the
application of Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98
and the applications accepted at the end of the applica-
tion period;

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 arrangements
for the importation of bananas, tariff quota arrangements
and arrangements for traditional ACP bananas for the first
quarter of 1999 for the quantity indicated in the licence
application, multiplied by reduction coefficients of
0,5793, 0,6740 and 0,7080 for applications indicating the
origins ‘Colombia', ‘Costa Rica' and ‘Ecuador' respectively.

Article 2

The quantities for which licence applications may still be
lodged in respect of the first quarter of 1999 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 293, 31. 10. 1998, p. 32.

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ANNEX

Quantities available for new applications

(tonnes)

77 536,711

41 473,846

148 129,046

Panama

Others

Traditional ACP bananas