Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/1999 of 19 March 1999 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP bananas for the second quarter of 1999 and on the submission of new applications
Date: 1999-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 608/1999

of 19 March 1999

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Whereas the maximum quantity for which such licence
applications may still be submitted should be determined
under Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98, taking
into account the applications accepted at the end of the
first application period and the available quantities;

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

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,

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

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 (3)
lays down detailed rules
the implementation of
for
Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 regarding imports
of bananas into the Community;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays
down that where, in the case of a given quarter and for
any one or more of the origins listed in Annex I, the
quantities applied for appreciably exceed any indicative
quantity fixed under Article 14, or exceed the quantities
available, a percentage reduction to be applied to the
amounts requested shall be fixed;

Whereas in application of Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 2362/98,
the issuing of
indicative quantities for
import licences have been fixed for the second quarter of
1999 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 382/1999 (4);

fixed for

the given quarter,

Whereas, in the case of the quantities applied for that are
either less than or do not appreciably exceed the indic-
ative quantities
import
licences are issued for the quantities applied for; whereas,
however, for certain origins, the quantities applied for
appreciably exceed the indicative quantities; whereas,
therefore, a percentage reduction must be fixed to apply
to each licence application for the origin or origins
involved;

Article 1

Import licences shall be issued, under the tariff quota
arrangements and arrangements
traditional ACP
bananas, as referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC)
No 404/93, for the second quarter of 1999:

for

(a) for the quantity indicated in the licence application,
multiplied by reduction coefficients of 0,5403, 0,6743
and 0,5934 for applications indicating the origins
‘Costa Rica' and ‘Ecuador' respectively;
‘Colombia',

(b) for the quantity indicated in the licence application
for an origin other than those mentioned in point (a).

Article 2

The quantities for which licence applications may still be
lodged in respect of the second quarter of 1999 are laid
down in the Annex hereto.

Article 3

(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.
(4) OJ L 46, 20. 2. 1999, p. 33.

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, 19 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

(tonnes)

Quantities available
for new applications

120 626,234

7 934,461

Panama

Others

Traditional ACP bananas

254 287,190