Commission Regulation (EC) No 2294/2001 of 26 November 2001 fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issue of licences for imports of bananas into the Community for the first quarter of 2002 under the tariff quotas
Date: 2001-11-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, import, import licence, tariff quota, tropical fruit

27.11.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2294/2001

of 26 November 2001

fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issue of licences for imports of
bananas into the Community for the first quarter of 2002 under the tariff quotas

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:

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

These indicative quantities and maximum quantities also
take account of the change in the volume of tariff quotas
likely to be adopted by the Council with effect from 1
January 2002.

The provisions of this Regulation are without prejudice
to any measures to be adopted in the future, either by
the Council or the Commission, and cannot be pleaded
by operators as a basis for legitimate expectations.

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

(1)

(2)

for

Article 14(1) of 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 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1613/2001 (4), provides for the possibility of fixing an
indicative quantity, expressed as the same percentage of
available quantities from each of the tariff quotas, for the
purposes of issuing import licences for the first three
quarters of the year.

importing bananas

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An analysis of
the data on quantities of bananas
marketed in the Community in 2001, and in particular
on actual imports during the first quarter of that year,
and on the outlook for supply and consumption on the
Community market during the first quarter of 2002
indicates that, with a view to satisfactory supplies for the
Community as a whole, for the A and B tariff quotas, an
indicative quantity of 27 % of the total of those two
tariff quotas should be fixed and, under the C tariff
quota, an indicative quantity of 26 % of the share of the
quota allocated to traditional operators and 8 % of the
share allocated to non-traditional operators should be
fixed. This measure will enable trade flows between the
production and marketing networks to continue.

For the first quarter of 2002 the indicative quantity referred to
in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 for imports of
bananas under the tariff quotas provided for in Article 18 of
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be:

— 27 % of the quantities available for traditional operators
and non-traditional operators under the A and B tariff
quotas,

— 26 % of the quantities available for traditional operators

under the C quota,

— 8 % of the quantities available for non-traditional operators

under the C quota.

(3)

On the basis of that same data, the maximum quantity
for which each operator may submit licence applications
for the first quarter of 2002 should be laid down,
pursuant to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/01.

(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.

Article 2

1.
For the first quarter of 2002 the quantity authorised for
each traditional operator under the A and B tariff quotas as
referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001
shall be 27 % of the reference quantity determined pursuant to
Articles 4 and 5 of that Regulation.

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For the first quarter of 2002 the quantity authorised for
2.
each non-traditional operator under the A and B tariff quotas
as referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001
shall be 27 % of the reference quantity determined and notified
to him pursuant to Article 9(3) of that Regulation.

For the first quarter of 2002 the quantity authorised for
4.
each non-traditional operator under the C tariff quota as
referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001
shall be 8 % of the reference quantity determined and notified
to him pursuant to Article 9(3) of that Regulation.

3.
For the first quarter of 2002 the quantity authorised for
each traditional operator under the C tariff quota as referred to
in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 shall be 26 %
of the reference quantity determined pursuant to Articles 4 and
5 of that Regulation.

Article 3

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, 26 November 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission