Commission Regulation (EC) No 329/2005 of 25 February 2005 fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issue of licences for the import of bananas into the Community in the second quarter of 2005 under tariff quotas A/B and C
Date: 2005-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 329/2005

of 25 February 2005

fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issue of licences for the import of
bananas into the Community in the second quarter of 2005 under tariff quotas A/B and C

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 the arrangements for importing bananas into
the Community (2) provides that an indicative quantity
expressed as the same percentage of available quantities
from each of the tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in
Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 may be
licences for
issuing import
fixed for the purposes of
each of the first three quarters of the year.

The data concerning, firstly, the quantities of bananas
marketed in the Community in 2004, and in particular
the actual imports, especially during the second quarter,
and secondly, the supply and consumption prospects on
the Community market during the same second quarter
for 2005, result in indicative quantities being fixed for
tariff quotas A/B and C so as to ensure adequate supplies
for the Community, and the continuation of trade flows
between the production and marketing sectors.

On the basis of the same data, in accordance with Article
14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001, the maximum
quantity for which each operator may submit licence
applications for the second quarter of 2005 should be
fixed.

In view of the fact that this Regulation must apply before
the start of the period for the submission of
licence
applications for the second quarter of 2005, provision
should be made for this Regulation to enter into force
immediately.

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

Act of Accession.

This Regulation must apply to operators established in
the Community as constituted on 30 April 2004 since
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1892/2004 (3) adopted
transitional measures for imports of bananas into the
Community by reason of the accession of the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The indicative quantity referred to in Article 14(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 896/2001 for the issue of import licences for bananas
under the tariff quotas provided for in Article 18(1) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 404/93 is hereby fixed, for the second quarter
of 2005, at:

— 29 % of the quantities available for traditional operators and
non-traditional operators established in the Community as
constituted on 30 April 2004 under tariff quotas A/B;

— 29 % of the quantities available for traditional operators and
non-traditional operators established in the Community as
constituted on 30 April 2004 under tariff quota C.

Article 2

the maximum authorised
For the second quarter of 2005,
quantity referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No
896/2001, for licence applications for the import of bananas
under the tariff quotas provided for in Article 18(1) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 404/93 is hereby fixed at:

(a) 29 % of the reference quantity established and notified in
accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No
896/2001 for the traditional operators established in the
Community as constituted on 30 April 2004 under tariff
quotas A/B;

(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).

(3) OJ L 328, 30.10.2004, p. 50.

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(b) 29 % of the quantity established and notified, in accordance
with Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 for the
non-traditional operators established in the Community as
constituted on 30 April 2004 under tariff quotas A/B;

(d) 29 % of the quantity established and notified, in accordance
with Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 for the
non-traditional operators established in the Community as
constituted on 30 April 2004 under tariff quota C.

(c) 29 % of the reference quantity established and notified in
accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No
896/2001 for the traditional operators established in the
Community as constituted on 30 April 2004 under tariff
quota C;

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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, 25 February 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission