Commission Regulation (EC) No 1603/2001 of 3 August 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1121/2001 fixing the adjustment coefficients to be applied to each traditional operator's reference quantity under the tariff quotas for imports of bananas
Date: 2001-08-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, tariff quota, tropical fruit

L 211/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4.8.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1603/2001

of 3 August 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1121/2001 fixing the adjustment coefficients to be applied to each
traditional operator's reference quantity under the tariff quotas for imports of bananas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 216/
2001 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 of
7 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for
importing bananas into the Community (3), and in particular
Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Under Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, in
the light of the quantities available under tariff quotas
A/B and C of the information received from the Member
States on the sum of the reference quantities established
for traditional operators A/B and C respectively in
accordance with Article 4(1) and (2) of that Regulation,
the Commission is to fix, where appropriate, a single
adjustment coefficient to be applied to each operator's
refrerence quantity.

Using the information sent by the Member States under
Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 on the
total volume of the reference quantities for traditional
operators A/B and traditional operators C, the Commis-
sion fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1121/2001 (4) an
adjustment coefficient to be applied to each operator's
reference quantity in each of the two categories of tradi-
tional operator.

As a result of further information received from several
Member States, the sum of the reference quantities for
traditional operators C has been found to amount to
717 416 tonnes. This requires an amendment to the
adjustment coefficient to be applied to the reference
quantities for each traditional operator C. Article 1 of
therefore be
Regulation (EC) No 1121/2001 must
amended.

(4)

(5)

It should be recalled that, for the second half of 2001,
the reference quantity for each traditional operator is
subject to Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/
2001.

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

The adjustment coefficient in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
1121/2001 to be applied to each traditional operator C is
hereby replaced by the adjustment coefficient 0,98339.

Article 2

The competent authorities of the Member States shall notify
the operators concerned of the reference quantity as adjusted
pursuant to Article 1 no later than 17 August 2001.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 August 2001.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 3 August 2001.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 31, 2.2.2001, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 153, 8.6.2001, p. 12.