Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2004 of 25 November 2004 fixing the adjustment coefficients to be applied to the reference quantity for each traditional operator under the tariff quotas A/B and C for banana imports for 2005
Date: 2004-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, tariff quota, tropical fruit

26.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 351/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2023/2004

of 25 November 2004

fixing the adjustment coefficients to be applied to the reference quantity for each traditional
operator under the tariff quotas A/B and C for banana imports for 2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

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 (2), and in particular
Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
896/2001 of 7 May 2001 established the method for
calculating
traditional
operators A/B and C for 2004 and 2005 on the basis
of the use of import licences for those operators during a
reference year.

reference

quantity

the

for

(1)

(2)

adjustment coefficient must
therefore be fixed to be
applied to each operator’s reference quantity in each of
the two categories of traditional operator A/B and C.

This Regulation must enter into force without delay,
taking into account the deadlines laid down by Regu-
lation (EC) No 896/2001,

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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article 18 of
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93,
coefficient
provided for in Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001,
for 2005, shall be:

adjustment

the

— for each traditional operator A/B: 1,00049,

— for each traditional operator C: 1.

According to the reports from the Member States under
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, the sum of
the reference quantities thus determined for 2005 is
2 200 897,786 t for all traditional operators A/B and
666 870,980 t for all traditional operators C. In order
to allow for the adoption of the appropriate measures
justified in dealing with exceptional hardship situations,
the said Regulation, an
pursuant

to Article 5(3) of

By 30 November 2004 at the latest the competent authorities
of the Member States shall notify the operators concerned of
their reference quantities as adjusted pursuant to this Article.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 November 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

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

(EC) No 838/2004 (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 52).