Commission Regulation (EC) No 2599/2000 of 28 November 2000 fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issuing of Community import licences for bananas for the first quarter of 2001 under the tariff quotas or as part of the quantity of traditional ACP bananas
Date: 2000-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import, import licence, import policy, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2599/2000

of 28 November 2000

fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issuing of Community import
licences for bananas for the first quarter of 2001 under the tariff quotas or as part of the quantity
of 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), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

imports of bananas

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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2598/2000 (4), provides for the possibility of fixing an
indicative quantity, expressed as a set percentage of the
quantities available for each origin mentioned in Annex I
to that Regulation, for the issuing of import licences for
each of the first three quarters of the year.

An analysis of
the data on quantities of bananas
marketed in the Community in 2000, and in particular
on actual imports during the first quarter of that year,
and on the outlook for supply and consumption on the
Community market during the first quarter of 2001
indicates that, with a view to satisfactory supplies for the
Community as a whole, an indicative quantity of 26 %
of the quantity allocated to that origin in Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 should be fixed.

The same data indicate that the maximum quantity for
which each operator may submit licence applications for
the first quarter of 2001 should be fixed pursuant to
Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98.

In accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2374/2000 of 26 October 2000 on imports of
bananas under the tariff quotas and of traditional ACP
bananas for 2001 (5), the quantities for which traditional

(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) See page 6 of this Official Journal.
(5) OJ L 275, 27.10.2000, p. 5.

operators registered in respect of 1999 may submit
applications for import licences for a given quarter of
2001 are to be determined on the basis of the reference
quantity fixed for 1999 by the competent national
authority and notified to them. In the case of newcomer
operators, that maximum quantity is to be determined
by applying the set percentage to the annual allocation
determined by the competent national authority in
accordance with the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2598/
2000 and notified to each operator concerned.

(5)

(6)

This Regulation must enter into force without delay, and
in any case before the start of the period for the submis-
sion of licence applications for the first quarter of 2001.

This Regulation seeks to ensure uninterrupted supplies
to the market in the first quarter of 2001 and continued
trade with supplier countries but is without prejudice to
any measures that the Council or the Commission may
subsequently adopt, in particular to comply with inter-
national commitments entered into by the Community
within the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and
cannot be invoked by operators as grounds for legiti-
mate expectations regarding the extension of the import
arrangements.

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the first quarter of 2001 the indicative quantity referred to
in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 for imports of
bananas under the tariff quotas or as part of the quantity of
traditional ACP bananas provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall amount to 26 % of the
quantities laid down for each origin mentioned in Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 2362/98.

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Article 2

1.
For the first quarter of 2001 the quantity authorised for each traditional operator as referred to in
Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 shall amount to 27 % of the reference quantity determined by
the competent national authority and notified to him in respect of 1999 pursuant to Article 6(4) of that
Regulation.

2.
For the first quarter of 2001 the quantity authorised for each newcomer operator as referred to in
Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 shall amount to 27 % of the quantity determined and notified
to him pursuant to Article 2(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2374/2000.

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission