Commission Regulation (EC) No 382/1999 of 19 February 1999 fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for issuing licences for the import of bananas into the Community in the second quarter of 1999 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

20. 2. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 46/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 382/1999

of 19 February 1999

fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for issuing licences for
the import of bananas into the Community in the second quarter of 1999

(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), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

regarding

Whereas Article 14(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2362/98 of 28 October 1998 laying down detailed rules
for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
the
404/93
Community (3) provides that, for each of the first three
quarters of the year, an indicative quantity expressed as
the same percentage of available quantities from each of
the origins listed in Annex I may be fixed for the
purposes of issuing import licences;

bananas

imports

into

of

Whereas analysis of the data on quantities of bananas
marketed in the Community in 1998, in particular actual
imports during the second quarter of that year, and on
supply and consumption forecasts for the Community
market during the same quarter of 1999 indicates that, in
order to guarantee a satisfactory level of supplies to the
whole of the Community, an indicative for each of the
origins listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2362/98
should be fixed at 34 % of the quantity allocated to that
origin;

Whereas the same data indicate that, in application of
Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98, a maximum
quantity in respect of which each operator may submit
licence applications for the second quarter of 1999 should
be fixed;

Whereas this Regulation should enter into force without
delay, before the start of the period for the submission of
licence applications for the second quarter of 1999;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The indicative quantity referred to in Article 14(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 for the import of bananas
under tariff quotas and of traditional ACP bananas as
provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC)
No 404/93 is hereby fixed, for the second quarter of 1999,
at 34 % of the quantities laid down for each of the origins
listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2362/98.

Article 2

The quantity authorised for each traditional operator and
newcomer as referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2362/98 is hereby fixed, for the second quarter of
1999, at 36 % of the quantity allocated to that operator
pursuant to Articles 6(4) and 9(4) of that Regulation.

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, 19 February 1999.

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.