Commission Regulation (EC) No 1650/2001 of 14 August 2001 fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the fourth quarter of 2001 under the A/B and C tariff quotas
Date: 2001-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

15.8.2001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1650/2001

of 14 August 2001

fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the fourth quarter of 2001 under
the A/B and C tariff quotas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 arrange-
ments for importing bananas into the Community (3)
fixes the available quantities for the second half of 2001
for the A/B and C tariff quotas and also the maximum
quantities in respect of the third quarter of 2001 for
which import licences can be sought.

The quantities available for import under the A/B and C
tariff quotas for the fourth quarter should be deter-
mined, having regard on the one hand to the volume of
tariff quotas available for the second half of 2001 and,
on the other hand, to the import licences issued for the
third quarter of 2001.

into force immediately,
This Regulation must enter
before the start of the period for the submission of
licence applications for the fourth quarter of 2001.

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

Article 1

1.
For the fourth quarter of 2001, the quantities available
for import under the tariff quota arrangements for the import
of bananas shall be as set out in the Annex.

For the fourth quarter of 2001, applications for import

2.
licences under the A/B and C tariff quotas:

(a) submitted by a traditional operator may not relate to a
quantity exceeding the difference between the quantity allo-
cated to the operator under Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 896/2001 and the sum of the quantities covered by
import licences issued for the third quarter of 2001;

(b) submitted by a non-traditional operator may not relate to a
quantity exceeding the difference between the quantity allo-
cated to the operator under Article 29(1) and (3) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 896/2001 and the sum of the quantities
covered by import licences issued for the third quarter of
2001.

Applications for import licences shall be accompanied by a
copy of the import licence(s) issued to the operator for the
third quarter of 2001.

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, 14 August 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

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.

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ANNEX

Quantities of available bananas by tariff quota and operator category for the fourth quarter of 2001

(tonnes, net weight)

Tariff quotas

Operator category

Quantity

A/B

C

Traditional

450 093,342

Non-traditional

92 961,430

Traditional

265 759,630

Non-traditional

41 989,399