Commission Regulation (EC) No 2206/2001 of 14 November 2001 concerning the release of the allocation security lodged by newcomer operators for the quantities for which applications for import licences were not submitted during the first half of 2001
Date: 2001-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, quantitative restriction, tropical fruit

15.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 297/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2206/2001

of 14 November 2001

concerning the release of the allocation security lodged by newcomer operators for the quantities
for which applications for import licences were not submitted during the first half of 2001

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

imports of bananas

In accordance with point (b) of the second subparagraph
of Article 9(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
1632/2000 (4), newcomer operators lodged a security of
EUR 18 per tonne for the quantity for which they
submitted an application for an annual allocation for
2001. The security was lodged to guarantee fulfilment of
the obligation to apply for import
licences for the
amount of the allocation granted and actually to import
the quantity allocated during 2001.

In view of the amendment to the rules for the import of
bananas under tariff quotas, which took effect on 1 July
2001 with the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No
216/2001 and 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
into the
Community (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1613/2001 (6),
is not possible to demand that
newcomer operators, registered for 2001, apply for and
obtain import licences during the first half of the year
for the total quantity allocated for that year under

importing bananas

for

it

the release of

Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98. Conse-
quently,
the security lodged by all
newcomer operators in support of their application for
an annual allocation should be provided for in propor-
tion to the quantity for which they have not submitted
applications for import licences during the first half of
2001.

It should be recalled that, as regards the quantity for
which import licences have been issued during the first
two quarters of 2001, the allocation security is released
in proportion to the quantities actually
in stages,
imported, in accordance with the final subparagraph of
Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98.

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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Member States shall release the allocation security lodged by
the newcomer operators referred to in Article 7 of Regulation
(EC) No 2362/98, in accordance with point (b) of the second
subparagraph of Article 9(1) of that Regulation, in proportion
to the quantity for which applications for import licences were
not submitted during the first two quarters of 2001.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication 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 November 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 293, 31.10.1998, p. 32.
(4) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 6.
(6) OJ L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 19.