Commission Regulation (EC) No 2228/2001 of 16 November 2001 fixing, for 2002, the reduction percentages to be applied to applications for an allocation by non-traditional operators under the tariff quotas for imports of bananas
Date: 2001-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, tariff quota, tariff reduction, tropical fruit

L 301/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17.11.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2228/2001

of 16 November 2001

fixing, for 2002, the reduction percentages to be applied to applications for an allocation by
non-traditional operators under the tariff quotas for imports of 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 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), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1613/2001 (4), and in particular Article
9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/
2001, the Commission is to determine, on the basis of
the quantities available under the tariff quotas and of
Member
allocations
requested, the quantities for which allocations for non-
traditional operators are granted.

States' notifications

total

of

Member States' notifications under Article 9(1) of that
Regulation indicate that the sum of allocations applied
for is 11 388 324,983 tonnes for all non-traditional
operators A/B and 389 015,100 tonnes for all non-
traditional operators C.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The percentages to be applied for determining the allo-
cations for non-traditional operators under the tariff
quotas A/B and C should therefore be fixed.

This Regulation must enter into force without delay,
before the start of the period for the submission of
licence applications for the first quarter of 2002.

The provisions of this Regulation must not prejudge any
measures to be adopted in the future, either by the
Council or by the Commission, in particular in view of
the proposed amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 404/
93, and cannot be pleaded by operators as a basis for
legitimate expectations,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article 18 of
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 896/2001, the allocation to be granted to each
non-traditional operator shall be the following percentage of
the allocation applied for:
— for each non-traditional operator A/B:
— for each non-traditional operator C:

3,81100 %,
37,14508 %.

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, 16 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 126, 8.5.2001, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 19.