Commission Regulation (EC) No 2014/2005 of  9 December 2005  on licences under the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in respect of bananas released into free circulation at the common customs tariff rate of duty
Date: 2005-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, CCT duties, free circulation, import (EU), import licence, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2014/2005

of 9 December 2005

on licences under the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in respect of
bananas released into free circulation at the common customs tariff rate of duty

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 (EC) No 1964/2005 of
2 December 2005 on the tariff rates for bananas (1), and in
particular Article 2 thereof,

The release into free circulation of bananas falling within
1.
CN code 0803 00 19 at the common customs tariff rate of duty
shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence issued
by the Member States to any party applying therefor,
irre-
spective of their place of establishment in the Community.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 sets the rate of duty
applicable from 1 January 2006 to imports into the
Community
falling within CN code
0803 00 19.

bananas

of

import

The issue of

to the
licences shall be subject
2.
provision of a security in accordance with Title
III of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (3) guaranteeing
compliance with the
to import during the
commitment
period of validity of the licence. The security shall be EUR 15
per tonne.

Import arrangements based on the application of a
customs duty at an appropriate rate, parallel to the appli-
cation of a tariff preference in connection with a tariff
quota for imports originating in ACP countries, must be
accompanied by a mechanism for monitoring imports on
a regular basis to ascertain the quantities released into
free circulation in the Community. The appropriate
instrument for achieving that objective is a mechanism
based on issuing import licences subject to the provision
of a security to ensure that the operations for which a
licence has been applied for are actually performed.
Detailed rules
for applying such a mechanism as
regards imports at the common customs tariff rate of
duty should be laid down.

Save in the case of force majeure, the security shall be forfeit in
whole or in part if the operation has not been performed or has
been performed only partially during that period.

Import licence applications shall be lodged in any Member

3.
State.

Licences shall be issued without delay, in accordance with

4.
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June
2000 laying down common detailed rules for the appli-
cation of
for agricultural
the
products (2) is applicable.

system of

securities

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

(1) OJ L 316, 2.12.2005, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1856/2005 (OJ L 297, 15.11.2005, p. 7).

5.

Import licences shall be valid for three months.

Article 2

Member States shall report to the Commission each month, not
later than the 10th day, the quantities for which import licences
have been issued during the previous month.

(3) OJ L 205, 3.8.1985, p. 5.

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Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission