Commission Regulation (EC) No 2697/1999 of 17 December 1999 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas for the first quarter of 2000 and on the submission of new applications
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, tariff quota, tropical fruit

18. 12. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 326/47

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2697/1999

of 17 December 1999

on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and the quantity of traditional
ACP bananas for the first quarter of 2000 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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(5)

(6)

(7)

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

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

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

as
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 (3),
amended by Regulation (EC) No 756/1999 (4),
lays
down detailed rules for the implementation of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 404/93 regarding imports of bananas into
the Community;

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;

the indicative quantities available for import under the
tariff quotas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas
are laid down for the first quarter of 2000 by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2268/1999 (5), which also lays
down the conditions for issuing licences for the first
quarter of 2000;

in the case of the quantities covered by licence applica-
tions that are either less than or do not appreciably
exceed the indicative quantities fixed for the given
import licences are issued for the quantities
quarter,
applied for. However, for certain origins, the quantities
applied for appreciably exceed the indicative quantities.
A reduction percentage should therefore be set to be
applied to each licence application for the origin or
origins involved;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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 first
quarter of 2000 for:

(a) the quantity indicated in the licence application, multiplied
by reduction coefficients of 0,6225, 0,6864, 0,6421, and
0,7466 for applications indicating the origins ‘Columbia’,
‘Costa Rica’,

‘Ecuador’, and ‘Other’ respectively;

(b) the quantity indicated in the licence application for applica-
tions 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 first quarter of 2000 are laid down in
the Annex.

Article 3

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, 17 December 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.
(5) OJ L 277, 28.10.1999, p. 10.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

18. 12. 1999

ANNEX

(tonnes)

Quantities available for new applica-
tions

Panama

Traditional ACP bananas

36 715,545

185 284,060