Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/1999 of 19 May 1999 fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issue of licences for the import of bananas into the Community in the third quarter of 1999 under the tariff quotas or as part of the quantity of traditional ACP bananas
Date: 1999-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, import policy, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

20. 5. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1031/1999

of 19 May 1999

fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issue of
licences for the import of bananas into the Community in the third quarter of
1999 under the tariff quotas or as part of the quantity of traditional ACP bananas

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,

(1) 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 404/93 regarding imports of
bananas into the Community (3), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 756/1999 (4), provides that, for
each of the first three quarters of the year, an
indicative
same
percentage of available quantities for each of the
origins listed in Annex I may be fixed for the
purposes of issuing import licences;

expressed

quantity

the

as

(2) Whereas analysis of

the data on quantities of
bananas marketed in the Community in 1998, in
particular actual imports during the third quarter of
that year, and on supply and consumption forecasts
for the Community market during the third quarter
of 1999 indicates that, in order to guarantee a satis-
factory supply to the entire Community, and indic-
ative quantity for each of
the origins listed in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 should be
fixed at 25 % of the quantity allocated to that
origin;

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

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

(5) Whereas the provisions adopted in this Regulation
aim to ensure uninterrupted supplies to the market
in the third quarter of 1999 and continued trade
with supplying countries but are without prejudice
to any measures that may subsequently be adopted,
above all to comply with international commit-
ments entered into by the Community within the
World Trade Organisation (WTO), and cannot be
invoked by operators as grounds for legitimate
expectations regarding the extension of the import
arrangements;

(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion 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 imports of bananas
under the tariff quotas or as part of the quantity of tradi-
tional ACP bananas, provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 is fixed for the third quarter
of 1999 at 25 % of the quantities established for each of
the origins mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
2362/98.

Article 2

The quantity authorised for each traditional operator and
new entrant, referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2362/98, is fixed for the third quarter of 1999 at
27 % of the quantity which was allocated to him under
Article 6(4) and Article 9(4) of that Regulation.

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 98, 13.4.1999, p. 10.

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 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission