Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/1999 of 23 July 1999 fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the fourth quarter of 1999 under the tariff quotas or as part of the quantity of traditional ACP bananas
Date: 1999-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

24. 7. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 192/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1623/1999

of 23 July 1999

fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the fourth 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 1257/
1999 (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 (EC)
No 404/93 regarding imports of bananas into the
Community (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 756/
1999 (4),
for each of the first three
quarters of the year, an indicative quantity expressed as
the same percentage of available quantities for each of
the origins listed in Annex I may be fixed for the
purposes of issuing import licences;

lays down that,

(2) Whereas the quantities available for importation for the
fourth quarter of 1999 from the countries or groups of
countries listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2362/
98 should be determined, having regard, on the one
hand, to the import licences issued during the first three
quarters and, on the other, to the volume of the tariff
traditional ACP bananas
quotas and the quantity of
provided for
in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC)
No 404/93;

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

(4) Whereas the provisions adopted in this Regulation aim
to ensure uninterrupted supplies to the market in the
fourth 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 commitments 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;

(5) 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

For the fourth quarter of 1999 the quantities available for
1.
importation under the tariff quotas or as part of the quantity of
traditional ACP bananas for each of the origins listed in Annex
I to Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 shall be as set out in Annex I.

licence applications may not

For the fourth quarter of 1999 and for each operator,
2.
import
relate to a quantity
exceeding the difference between the quantity allocated to the
operator under Article 6(4) and Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 2362/98 and the sum of the quantities covered by import
licences issued for the first
licence
applications shall be accompanied by a copy of the import
licence(s) issued to the operator for the three preceding quar-
ters.

three quarters.

Import

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 32.
(4) OJ L 98, 13.4.1999, p. 10.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 7. 1999

ANNEX

Quantities of bananas available, by origin listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2362/98, for the fourth quarter
of 1999

Origin

Quantities

(tonnes, net weight)

Ecuador

Costa Rica

Colombia

Panama

Other

99 437,159

104 472,066

91 587,810

69 840,415

47 033,730

Traditional ACP bananas

341 830,050