Commission Regulation (EC) No 1402/2005 of 26 August 2005 fixing quantities for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas A/B and C for the fourth quarter of 2005
Date: 2005-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, tariff quota, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1402/2005

of 26 August 2005

fixing quantities for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas A/B and C for
the fourth quarter of 2005

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 (1) of 13
February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in
bananas, and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

1.
For the fourth quarter of 2005, 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 2005, applications for import

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

regards

the arrangements

Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 (2) lays down
detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No
importing
404/93 as
bananas
to
determine the quantities available for imports during
the last quarter of 2005 in the framework of
the
import tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article
18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93.

into the Community.

is necessary

for

It

(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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 896/2001 and the sum of the quantities
covered by import
three
quarters of 2005;

issued for

the first

licences

The quantities available for import under the A/B and C
tariff quotas for the fourth quarter of 2005 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 2005.

Since this Regulation must apply before the beginning of
the period for the submission of licence applications in
respect of the fourth quarter of 2005,
it should enter
into force immediately.

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

(b) submitted by a non-traditional operator may not relate to a
quantity exceeding the difference between the annual
quantity 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 licences issued for
the first three quarters of 2005.

To be accepted, applications for import licences shall be accom-
panied by a copy of the import licence(s) issued to the operator
for the preceding quarters of 2005.

Article 2

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, 26 August 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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).

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ANNEX

Quantities of available bananas by tariff quota and operator category for the fourth quarter of 2005

Tariff quotas

A/B

C

Operator category

Traditional

Non-traditional

Traditional

Non-traditional

(tonnes)

Quantity

484 167,405

97 323,317

172 238,801

18 070,978