CELEX: 31999R2160
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2160/1999 of 12 October 1999 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP bananas for the fourth quarter of 1999 (second period)

L 265/10               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                  13. 10. 1999
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2160/1999
                                                          of 12 October 1999
               on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quotas and for traditional ACP
                                     bananas for the fourth quarter of 1999 (second period)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (2)    In accordance with Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                                2362/98 the quantities for which licences may be issued
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           for the origins concerned should be determined forth-
Community,                                                                      with on the basis of applications submitted during the
                                                                                second period.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13
February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in                (3)    This Regulation should apply immediately to permit
bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/                        licences to be issued as quickly as possible,
1999 (2),
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 of
28 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the imple-
mentation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 regarding                                            Article 1
imports of bananas into the Community (3), as amended by                 Import licences shall be issued under the arrangements for the
Regulation (EC) No 756/1999 (4), and in particular Article               importation of bananas, tariff quota arrangements and arrange-
18(2) thereof,                                                           ments for traditional ACP bananas for the fourth quarter of
                                                                         1999 (second period) in respect of new applications as
Whereas:                                                                 provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2362/98 for
                                                                         the quantity indicated in the licence application.
(1)     Article 2 of and the Annex to Commission Regulation
        (EC) No 1998/1999 (5) fix the quantities available for the                                   Article 2
        fourth quarter of 1999 under the second period for the
        submission of applications provided for in Article 18 of         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
        Regulation (EC) No 2362/98.                                      tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 12 October 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L  293, 31.10.1998, p. 32.
(4) OJ L  98, 13.4.1999, p. 10.
(5) OJ L  247, 18.9.1999, p. 10.