Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2005 of 30 May 2005 fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issue of licences for the purposes of the additional quantity in respect of banana imports to the new Member States for the third quarter of 2005
Date: 2005-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, import licence, tariff quota, tropical fruit

31.5.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 137/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 824/2005

of 30 May 2005

fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issue of licences for the purposes
of the additional quantity in respect of banana imports to the new Member States for the third
quarter of 2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 41 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of
13 February 1993 on the common organisation of
the
market in bananas (1),

(4)

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

as those fixed for the management of A/B and C tariff
quotas in Commission Regulation (EC) No 825/2005 (4),
so as to ensure adequate supplies and the continuation of
trade flows between the production and marketing
sectors.

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

This Regulation must apply to operators established in
the Community and being registered in accordance with
Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1892/2004.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

in particular in the new Member States,

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1892/2004 (2) adopted
the transitional measures needed to facilitate the tran-
sition from the arrangements
in force in the new
Member States prior to their accession to the European
Union to the import arrangements in force under the
the markets in the banana
common organisation of
In order to ensure market
sector for the year 2005.
supply,
that
Regulation fixed an additional quantity on a transitional
basis for the purpose of issuing import licences. This
the
additional
mechanisms
by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 (3) of
7 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying
Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the
arrangements
the
importing
Community.

be managed
in
put

quantity must

using
place

instruments

bananas

into

and

for

Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001
provides that indicative quantities and individual ceilings
may be fixed for the purposes of issuing import licences
for each of the first three quarters of the year.

For the purpose of issuing licences for the third quarter
of the year 2005, it is appropriate to fix those indicatives
quantities and individual ceilings at the same percentages

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 additional quantity provided for in Article 3(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1892/2004 is fixed, for the third quarter
of 2005, at 23 % of the quantities available for respectively
traditional operators and non-traditional operators as estab-
lished in Article 4(2) of that Regulation.

Article 2

The maximum authorised quantity referred to in Article 14(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 for licence applications for the
import of bananas under the additional quantity provided for in
Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1892/2004 is fixed, for the
third quarter of 2005, at:

(a) 23 % of

the
accordance with Article
Regulation
No 1892/2004, in the case of traditional operators;

reference quantity notified in
(EC)

specific

5(5)

of

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

Act of Accession.

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

(b) 23 % of the specific allocation notified in accordance with
Article 6(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1892/2004, in the case
of non-traditional operators.

(4) See page 13 of this Official Journal.

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission