Commission Regulation (EC) No 1385/2003 of 1 August 2003 fixing quantities for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas for the fourth quarter of 2003
Date: 2003-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

2.8.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 196/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1385/2003

of 1 August 2003

fixing quantities for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas for the fourth
quarter of 2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 (3) has laid
down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation
(EEC) No 404/93 as
for
regards
importing bananas into the Community, as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1303/2003 (4). It is necessary to
determine the quantities available for imports during the
last quarter of 2003 in the framework of the import
tariff quotas provided for in Article 18 of Regulation
(EEC) No 404/93.

the arrangements

The quantities available for import under the A/B and C
tariff quotas for the fourth quarter should be determined,
having regard on the one hand to the volume of tariff
quotas provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No
404/93 and, on the other hand, to the import licences
issued for the first three quarters of 2003.

Since this Regulation must apply before the beginning of
the period for the submission of licence applications in
respect of the fourth quarter of 2003, it should enter
into force immediately.

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

Article 1

1.
For the fourth quarter of 2003, the quantities available
for import under the tariff quota arrangements for the import
of bananas shall be as set out in the Annex.

For the fourth quarter of 2003, applications for import

2.
licenses under the A/B and C tariff quotas:

(a) submitted by a traditional operator may not relate to a
quantity exceeding the difference between the reference
quantity established pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 896/2001 and the sum of the quantities
covered by import licences issued for the first three quarters
of 2003;

(b) submitted by a non-traditional operator may not relate to a
quantity exceeding the difference between the annual quan-
tity determined and notified to the operator pursuant to
Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 and the sum
of the quantities covered by import licenses issued for the
first three quarters of 2003.

Applications for import licenses shall be accompanied by a
copy of the import licence(s) issued to the operator for the
preceding quarters of 2003.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 August 2003.

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) OJ L 185, 24.7.2003, p. 5.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Quantities of available bananas by tariff quota and operator category for the fourth quarter of 2003

ANNEX

Tariff quotas

Operator category

A/B

C

Traditional

Non-traditional

Traditional

Non-traditional

(tonnes, net weight)

Quantity

552 469,545

98 137,614

168 652,920

17 770,572