Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/1999 of 17 September 1999 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas for the fourth quarter of 1999 and on the submission of new applications
Date: 1999-09-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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Official Journal of the European Communities

18. 9. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1998/1999

of 17 September 1999

on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and the quantity of traditional
ACP bananas for the fourth 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,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13
February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in
bananas (1),
by Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

amended

last

as

(5) Whereas

the maximum quantity for which licence
applications may still be submitted in accordance with
Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 should be set,
taking account of the available quantities fixed by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1623/1999 and the applications accepted
at the end of the application period;

(6) Whereas this Regulation should apply immediately to

permit licences to be issued as quickly as possible;

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

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/93 (3),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 756/1999 (4), lays
down detailed rules for the application of Regulation
(EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for
importing bananas into the Community;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(2) Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays
down that where, in the case of a given origin or origins
referred to in Annex I, the quantities covered by import
licence applications exceed the quantity available, a
reduction percentage to be applied to applications must
be set;

Import licences for bananas shall be issued under the tariff
quotas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas referred to
in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for the fourth
quarter of 1999 for:

(3) Whereas the quantities available for import under the
tariff quotas or the quantity of traditional ACP bananas
are laid down for
the fourth quarter of 1999 by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/1999 (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1824/1999 (6);

(4) Whereas in the case of the quantities covered by licence
applications that are either less than or equal to the
quantities available, licences are issued for the quantities
applied for. However, for certain origins, the quantities
applied for exceed the quantities available set out in the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1623/1999. Therefore, a
reduction percentage should be set to be applied to each
licence application for the origin or origins involved;

(a) the quantity indicated in the licence application, multiplied
by reduction coefficients of 0,6337, 0,4941, 0,5903,
0,9148 and 0,5180 for applications indicating the origins
‘Columbia’,
‘Panama’ and ‘Other’
respectively;

‘Costa Rica’,

‘Ecuador’,

(b) the quantity indicated in the licence application for applic-
ations indicating origins other than those referred to in (a).

Article 2

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

(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.
(5) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 37.
(6) OJ L 221, 21.8.1999, p. 6.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 17 September 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

(tonnes)

Quantities available
for new applications

Traditional ACP bananas

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