Commission Regulation (EC) No 2146/2001 of 31 October 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 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 as regards the submission of new import licence applications
Date: 2001-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, tariff quota, tropical fruit

1.11.2001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2146/2001

of 31 October 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 and
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 as regards the submission of new import licence
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 216/
2001 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

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), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1613/2001 (4), and in particular Article
5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001
the Commission fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1121/
2001 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1603/
2001 (6), an adjustment coefficient to be applied to each
operator's reference quantity in each of the two catego-
ries of traditional operator, taking account of the infor-
mation supplied by the Member States on the total
volume of the reference quantities for traditional opera-
tors A/B and traditional operators C.

As a result of
further information received from a
Member State, the sum of the reference quantities for
traditional operators C has been found to amount to
716 609 tonnes. This requires a change in the adjust-
ment coefficient to be applied to the reference quantities
for each traditional operator C.

Regulation (EC) No 1121/2001 must
amended.

therefore be

Traditional operators C should consequently be given
the possibility of submitting new applications for import
licences for the fourth quarter of 2001 in view of the
increase in their reference quantities.

(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 214, 8.8.2001, p. 19.
(5) OJ L 153, 8.6.2001, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 211, 4.8.2001, p. 22.

(5)

(6)

This Regulation should enter into force immediately in
view of the time limits set for the submission of new
import licence applications.

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
replaced by the adjustment coefficient 0,98449.

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 14 November 2001.

Article 3

By derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 896/
2001 and for the fourth quarter of 2001, each traditional
operator C may submit new applications for import licences
under tariff quota C between 19 and 23 November 2001.

The competent national authorities shall
issue the import
licences no later than 30 November 2001. The period of
validity of the licences shall expire on 7 January 2002.

The competent authorities shall notify the Commission of the
quantities covered by licence applications within the two
working days following the end of the period for the submis-
sion of applications.

Article 4

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

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

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission