Commission Regulation (EC) No 1971/2000 of 18 September 2000 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP bananas for the fourth quarter of 2000 and on the submission of new applications
Date: 2000-09-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1971/2000

of 18 September 2000

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

(6)

(7)

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
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Bananas,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1632/2000 (4),
lays
down detailed rules for the implementation of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 404/93 as regards imports of bananas
into the Community.

Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 lays down
that where, for a given quarter and for any one or more
of the origins listed in Annex I, the quantities covered by
import
licence applications appreciably exceed any
indicative quantities fixed in accordance with Article 14
or exceed the quantity available, a percentage reduction
to be applied to applications must be set.

The quantities available for import under the tariff
quotas and the quantity of traditional ACP bananas are
laid down for the fourth quarter of 2000 by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1637/2000 (5).

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

(5)

The maximum quantity for which licence applications
may still be submitted should be set, in accordance with
taking
Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98,

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 fourth
quarter of 2000 for:

(a) the quantity indicated in the licence application, multiplied
by reduction coefficients of 0,4412, 0,6327, 0,7657,
0,8575 and 0,5024 for applications indicating the origins
‘Colombia’,
‘Panama’ and ‘Other’
respectively;

‘Costa Rica’,

‘Ecuador’,

(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
submitted in respect of the fourth 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, 18 September 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 187, 26.7.2000, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 36.

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ANNEX

(tonnes)

Quantities available
for new applications

Traditional ACP bananas

329 787,675