Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2002 of 25 February 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community
Date: 2002-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, GATT, common organisation of markets, import licence, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 349/2002

of 25 February 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation
(EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Following notifications from several Member States, that
Annex should be amended.

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 2587/
2001 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

(4)

(5)

This Regulation must enter into force immediately in
view of the time limits laid down in Regulation (EC) No
896/2001.

The Management Committee for Bananas has not deliv-
ered an opinion within the time limit
set by its
Chairman,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2351/2001 (4),
lays
down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC)
No 404/93, to apply from 1 July 2001, with a view to
the management of the tariff import quotas provided for
in Article 18(1) of the latter Regulation.

Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2587/2001, amends the
tariff import quotas from 1 January 2002. In particular
it reduces tariff quota C by 100 000 tonnes and reserves
access to it for products originating in the ACP coun-
tries. As a result of those amendments,
it should be
borne in mind that the structures of the trade in prod-
ucts originating in the ACP countries feature greater
integration of the various commercial operations, which
are carried out to a large extent by traditional operators
as defined in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 896/
2001. In order to ensure the continuity of import flows
and at the same time to allocate non-traditional opera-
tors a share of tariff quota C that enables them to
continue their activities in this trade and in order to
foster sound competition, the allocation of tariff quota C
among traditional and non-traditional operators should
be adjusted and Article 2 of the abovementioned Regula-
tion should be amended accordingly. The new allocation
should correspond more closely to the operations
actually carried out by each of the two categories of
operators over the last three years.

(3)

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 lists the
authorities competent in the Member States to issue
licences for importing bananas from third countries.

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 46.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Tariff quotas A and B as provided for in Article
1.
18(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be
made available as follows:

(a) 83 % to traditional operators A/B as defined in Article

3(2) of this Regulation;

(b) 17 % to non-traditional operators A/B as defined in

Article 6 of this Regulation.

2.
Tariff quota C as provided for in Article 18(1)(c) of
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be made available as
follows:

(a) 89 % to traditional operators C as defined in Article 3(3)

of this Regulation;

(b) 11 % to non-traditional operators C as defined in Article

6 of this Regulation.’

2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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, 25 February 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

The authorities of the Member States competent for compiling the lists
of operators and of quantities marketed are as follows:

— BELGIUM

Bureau d'intervention et de restitution belge/Belgisch Interventie- en
Restitutiebureau
Rue de Trèves, 82/Trierstraat 82
B-1040 Bruxelles/Brussel

— NETHERLANDS

Produktschap Tuinbouw
Louis Pasteurlaan 6
Postbus 280
2700 AG Zoetermeer
The Netherlands

— AUSTRIA

— DENMARK

Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri
Direktoratet for Fødevare Erhverv; Eksportstøttekontoret
Kampmannsgade 3
DK-1780 København V

Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und
Wasserwirtschaft
Abteilung III 10 — Obst, Gemüse, Sonderkulturen
Stubenring 1
A-1012 Wien

— GERMANY

— PORTUGAL

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
Referat 322
Adickesallee, 40
D-60322 Frankfurt am Main

— GREECE

OPEKEPE (ex-GEDIDAGEP)
Dirección de Frutas y Hortalizas, Vino y Productos Industriales
241 Acharnon
GR-10446 Atenas

— SPAIN

Ministerio de Economía
Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior
Paseo de la Castellana, 162
E-28046 Madrid

— FRANCE

Office de développement de l'économie agricole des départements
d'outre-mer (ODEADOM)
31, Quai de Grenelle
F-75738 Paris Cedex 15

— IRELAND

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Horticulture Division
Agriculture House (7W)
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

— ITALY

Until 15 July 2001:
Ministero del Commercio con l'Estero
DG Politica Commerciale e Gestione Regime Scambi — Div. II
Viale Boston, 25
I-00144 Roma

From 16 July 2001:
Ministero delle Attività Produttive
DG Politica Commerciale e Gestione Regime Scambi — Div. II
Viale Boston, 25
I-00144 Roma

— LUXEMBOURG

Ministère de l'agriculture/Administration des services techniques de
l'agriculture
Service de l'horticulture
16, Route d'Esch
Boîte postale 1904
L-1014 Luxembourg

Until 31 December 2001:
Ministério da Economia
Direcção-Geral das Relações Económicas Internacionais
Direcção de Serviços de Licenciamento do Comércio Externo
Avenida da República, 79
P-1069 059 Lisboa

From 1 January 2002:
Ministério das Finanças
Direcção-Geral das Alfândegas e dos Impostos Especiais sobre o
Consumo
Direcção de Serviços de Licenciamento
Rua Terreiro do Trigo — Edifício da Alfândega
P-1149 060 Lisboa

— FINLAND

Registration of operators
Maa- ja Metsätalousministeriö
Hallituskatu 3a, Helsinki
PL 30
FIN-00023 Valtioneuvosto

Licences issued by
Tullihallitus
Erottajankatu 2
PL 512
FIN-00101 Helsinki

— SWEDEN

Jordbruksverket
Vallgatan 8–10
S-551 82 Jönköping

— UNITED KINGDOM

Until 15 October 2001:
Intervention Board
External Trade Division
Lancaster House
Hampshire Court
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1AW
United Kingdom

From 16 October 2001:
Rural Payments Agency
External Trade Division
Lancaster House
Hampshire Court
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1AW
United Kingdom’