Commission Regulation (EC) No 1563/2000 of 18 July 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 440/2000 laying down for 2000 the quantities for which the annual allocations for newcomer operators are granted under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP bananas
Date: 2000-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1563/2000

of 18 July 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 440/2000 laying down for 2000 the quantities for which the annual
allocations for newcomer operators are granted under the tariff quotas and for 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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 of
28 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the imple-
mentation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 regarding
imports of bananas into the Community (3), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 756/1999 (4), and in particular Article 9(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays down
the method for calculating the annual allocation for each
newcomer operator.
In accordance with that method
and a ranking of the individual applications in increasing
order of
the Commission
calculates the quantities for which the annual allocations
are to be granted.

the quantities applied for,

The notifications received from the Member States
concerning requests by newcomer operators for annual
allocations in accordance with Article 2(5) of Regulation
(EC) No 250/2000 (5)
led the Commission to adopt
Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2000 (6) estab-
lishing the quantities for which the individual allocations

(3)

(4)

for the operators in question should be granted for
2000.

The verifications and checks by the competent national
authorities in cooperation with the Commission result in
corrections to the annual allocations for the newcomer
operators. Regulation (EC) No 440/2000 should be
amended accordingly.

The provisions of this Regulation do not prejudge meas-
ures which may need to be adopted at a later date so as
to comply with the international commitments entered
into by the Community with regard to the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) and cannot be invoked by opera-
tors as justification for legitimate expectations with
regard to the extension of the import arrangements.

(5)

This Regulation must enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 440/2000 is replaced by the
Annex hereto.

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, 18 July 2000.

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 26, 2.2.2000, p. 6.
(6) OJ L 54, 26.2.2000, p. 27.

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ANNEX

Application of Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98

I

II

Classification of requests for an allocation (in ascending
order of quantity):

1. requests relating to less than 215,752 tonnes,
2. requests relating to 215,752 tonnes or more.

Method for determining the allocation:

— Allocation granted for quantity requested,
— Allocation granted for 215,752 tonnes.