CELEX: 31997R0042
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 42/97 of 13 January 1997 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the first quarter of 1997 (second period)

14. 1 . 97              EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 10/9
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 42/97
                                                          of 13 January 1997
                      on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the first
                                                   quarter of 1997 (second period)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         of the categories of operators exceed the quantity avai­
                                                                       lable, a reduction percentage is to be applied to applica­
                                                                       tion for that origin; whereas, however, that provision does
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              not apply to category C licence applications nor to cate­
   Community,                                                         gory A and B applications relating to a quantity of 150
                                                                      tonnes or less, provided that the total quantity covered by
                                                                      the category A and B applications does not exceed, for a
                                                                      given origin, 15 % of the total of the quantities applied
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of             for;
   13 February 1993 on the common organization of the
   market in bananas ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
   No 3290/94 (2),                                                    Whereas the quantity applied for 'Colombia category B'
                                                                      exceeds the quantity available and a reduction coefficient
                                                                      should therefore be applied; whereas import licences may
                                                                      be issued for the quantity referred to in all other new
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                     applications;
   1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for
  the application of the arrangements for importing
  bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by                  Whereas this Regulation should apply immediately to
  Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), and in particular Article 9         permit licences to be issued as quickly as possible,
  (3) thereof,
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95
 of 1 March 1995 on additional rules for the application of           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff
 quota arrangements for imports of bananas into the
 Community and amending Regulation (EEC) No
  1442/93 f5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (6),                                     Article 1
 and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
                                                                     Import licences shall be issued under the tariff quota for
 Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No                  the import of bananas during the first quarter of 1997
 2413/96 of 18 December 1996 on the issuing of import                against new applications as referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of
 licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the first           Regulation (EC) No 478/95:
 quarter of 1997 and on the submission of new applica­
 tions Q, fixes the quantities available for new licence             1 . for the quantity indicated in the licence applications
 applications under the tariff quota during the first quarter             multiplied, in the case of the origin 'Colombia' by the
 of 1997; whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No                     reduction coefficient of 0,2270 for category B licence
 478 /95 lays down that the quantities for which licences                 applications, excluding applications relating to a quan­
 may be issued for the origin(s) concerned must be deter­                 tity of 150 tonnes or less;
 mined without delay;
                                                                     2. for the quantity indicated in licence application, in the
                                                                          case of an origin other than those referred to in point
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93                      1 above;
lays down that, where, in the case of a given quarter and
origin, for a country or group of countries referred to in           3 . for the quantity indicated in the application, in the
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/95, the quantities                     case of category C licences.
covered by import licence applications from one or more
(')  OJ  No   L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No   L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                                                     Article 2
(3)  OJ  No   L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.
(4)  OJ  No   L 181 , 20 . 7. 1996, p. 13.
0    OJ  No   L 49, 4. 3 . 1995, p. 13 .
(6)  OJ  No   L 71 , 31 . 3 . 1995, p. 84.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 January
0    OJ  No   L 329, 19. 12. 1996, p. 21 .                           1997 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 13 January 1997.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission