Commission Regulation (EC) No 2268/1999 of 27 October 1999 on imports of bananas under the tariff quotas and of traditional ACP bananas for the first quarter of 2000
Date: 1999-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2268/1999

of 27 October 1999

on imports of bananas under the tariff quotas and of traditional ACP bananas for the first quarter
of 2000

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

imports of bananas

under 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
into the
Community (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 756/
1999 (4), an indicative quantity, expressed as the same
percentage of available quantities from each of the coun-
tries of origin listed in Annex I thereto, may be fixed for
the purposes of issuing import licences for the first three
quarters of the year;

an analysis of the data relating, on the one hand, to the
quantities of bananas marketed in the Community in
1999 and to actual imports during the first quarter in
particular and, on the other hand, to the outlook for
supplies to and consumption on the Community market
during that first quarter of 2000 shows that, with a view
to satisfactory supplies to the Community as a whole, an
indicative quantity should be fixed for each country of
origin listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2362/98
at 26 % of the quantity allocated to it;

the ceiling as provided for in Article 14(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2362/98 on quantities covered by individual
licence applications must be set with an eye to avoiding
prejudging any amendment to the import arrangements
in question during the year 2000;

this Regulation is adopted with a view to ensuring unin-
terrupted supplies to the market during the first quarter
of the year 2000 and continued trade with the supplier
countries but does not prejudge any measures that may
subsequently the adopted by the Council or
the
in particular with a view to complying
Commission,
with the international commitments entered into by the

(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.

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;

with a view to the above objectives, provision should be
made for traditional and newcomer operators registered
in respect of 1999 to submit import licence applications
for the first quarter of 2000 to the competent national
authorities and for the recognition and registration of
newcomer operators and the issuing of re-allocation
licences to be suspended. As a consequence,
licence
applications submitted by newcomer operators regis-
tered in 1998 must be accompanied by proof of lodging
of a security covering the licences;

this Regulation must enter into force immediately;

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the first quarter of 2000, the indicative quantity provided
for in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 for imports
of bananas under the tariff quotas and of traditional ACP
bananas provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC)
No 404/93 thereof is hereby fixed at 26 % of the quantities
established for each country of origin in Annex I thereto.

Article 2

the first quarter of 2000,

For
traditional operators and
newcomer operators registered in respect of 1999 pursuant to
Articles 5 and 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 may submit
applications for licences covering imports under the tariff
quotas and of traditional ACP bananas for up to 28 %, as the
case may be, of the reference quantity or the annual allocation
notified to them for 1999 by the competent national authority.

Article 3

The application of Article 5(1) and (2) and of Articles 8, 9 and
20 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 is hereby suspended.

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Article 4

1.
Notwithstanding Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98, import licences applications submitted
by newcomers shall be accompanied by proof of lodging of a security covering the licences and amounting
to EUR 18 per tonne in accordance with Title III of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (1).

2.

Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 shall apply.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply without prejudice to any decisions adopted subsequently by the Council or the Commission
in respect of 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 October 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 205, 3.8.1985, p. 5.