Commission Regulation (EC) No 1999/2003 of 13 November 2003 fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issuing of licences for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas for the first quarter of 2004
Date: 2003-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, tariff quota, tropical fruit

14.11.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1999/2003

of 13 November 2003

fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issuing of licences for importing
bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas for the first quarter of 2004

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), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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
into the
the arrangements
Community (2) provides for the possibility of fixing an
indicative quantity, expressed as the same percentage of
quantities available under each of the tariff quotas A/B
and C laid down under Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 404/93, for the purposes of issuing import licences
for the first three quarters of the year.

importing bananas

The data relating, on the one hand, to the quantities of
bananas marketed in the Community in 2003, and in
particular actual
imports, especially during the first
quarter, and, on the other hand, to the outlook for
supply and consumption on the Community market in
the same quarter of 2004 call for the fixing of indicative
quantities for quotas A/B and C that ensure satisfactory
supply to the Community as a whole and continuity of
trade flows between the production and marketing
sectors.

On the basis of the same data, the ceiling on the quanti-
ties for which individual operators can submit licence
applications in respect of
the first quarter of 2004
should be fixed in accordance with Article 14(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 896/2001.

(4)

(5)

Since this Regulation must apply before the beginning of
the period for the submission of licence applications in
respect of the first quarter of 2004, 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The indicative quantity provided for in Article 14(1) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 896/2001 for banana imports under the tariff
quotas provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/
93 shall be equal to 27 % of the quantities available for tradi-
tional and non-traditional operators under tariff quotas A/B
and C for the first quarter of 2004.

Article 2

For the first quarter of 2004, the quantity referred to in Article
14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 that may be authorised
for banana imports under the tariff quotas provided for in
Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be equal to:

(a) 27 % of the reference quantity established pursuant to Arti-
cles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 for tradi-
tional operators under tariff quotas A/B and C;

(b) 27 % of

the reference quantity established and notified
pursuant to Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001
for non-traditional operators under tariff quotas A/B and C.

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2587/2001 (OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 13).

(2) OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 6; Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1439/2003 (OJ L 204, 13.8.2003, p. 30).

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 November 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 November 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General