Commission Regulation (EC) No 352/2002 of 25 February 2002 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
Date: 2002-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, tariff quota, tropical fruit

L 55/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26.2.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 352/2002

of 25 February 2002

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

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 2587/
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 last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 349/2002 (4), and in particular Article 5(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/
2001, by Regulation (EC) No 1121/2001 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2146/2001 (6),
the
to be
Commission fixed an adjustment coefficient
applied to the reference quantity of operators in the two
categories of traditional operators in the light of the
information received from the Member States on the
sum of the reference quantities established for traditional
operators A/B and C.

Following the changes in the quantities of tariff quotas B
and C pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2587/2001 and
in the allocation of tariff quota C among traditional and
non-traditional operators pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 349/2002, the adjustment coefficients to be applied
to the reference quantities of traditional operators under
tariff quotas A/B and C should be adapted.

(3)

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1121/2001 should be amended
accordingly.

This Regulation must enter
into force immediately,
having regard to the time limits laid down in Regulation
(EC) No 896/2001.

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

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1121/2001 is hereby replaced
by the following:

‘Article 1

For the tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article 18
of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, the adjustment coefficient
provided for in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/
2001 shall be:

— for each traditional operator A/B:
— for each traditional operator C:

1,12108,
0,93147.

By 28 February 2002 at the latest the competent authori-
ties of
shall notify the operators
concerned of their reference quantities as adjusted pursuant
to this Article.’

the Member States

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February 2002.

Article 2

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

(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) See page 17 of this Official Journal.
(5) OJ L 153, 8.6.2001, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 288, 1.11.2001, p. 21.