CELEX: 31997R0665
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 665/97 of 16 April 1997 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the second quarter of 1997 (second period)

No L 100/50        [ EN |              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 17 . 4 . 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 665/97
                                                       of 16 April 1997
                  on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the
                                         second quarter of 1997 (second period)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478 /95, the quantities
                                                                  covered by import licence applications from one or more
                                                                  of the categories of operators exceed the quantity avail­
                                                                  able, a reduction percentage is to be applied to applica­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            tion for that origin ; whereas, however, that provision does
 Community,                                                       not apply to category C licence applications nor to cat­
                                                                  egory 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of           given origin, 15 % of the total of the quantities applied
 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the               for;
market in bananas ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 3290/94 (2),
                                                                  Whereas the quantity applied for, for ' Dominican Re­
                                                                  public category B', exceeds the quantity available and a
                                                                  reduction coefficient should therefore be applied; whereas
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   import licences may be issued for the quantity referred to
 1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for           in all other new applications;
the application of the arrangements for importing
bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), and in particular Article 9       Whereas this Regulation should apply immediately to
(3) thereof,                                                      permit licences to be issued as quickly as possible,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95
of 1 March 1995 on additional rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
quota arrangements for imports of bananas into the
Community and          amending Regulation (EEC) No
 1442/93 ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (6),
and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No                Import licences shall be issued under the tariff quota for
540/97 of 24 March 1997 on the issuing of import                  the import of bananas during the second quarter of 1997
licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the second        against new applications as referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of
quarter of 1997 and on the submission of new applica­             Regulation (EC) No 478 /95:
tions (7), fixes the quantities available for new licence
applications under the tariff quota during the second             1 . for the quantity indicated in the licence applications
quarter of 1997; whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC)             multiplied, in the case of the origin 'Dominican Re­
No 478/95 lays down that the quantities for which
licences may be issued for the origin(s) concerned must               public ' by the reduction coefficient of 0,6870 for cat­
be determined without delay;                                          egory B licence applications, excluding applications
                                                                      relating to a quantity of 150 tonnes or less;
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93              2. for the quantity indicated in licence application, in the
lays down that where, in the case of a given quarter and              case of an origin other than those referred to in point
                                                                      1 above .
origin, for a country or group of countries referred to in
;•) OJ No L 47, 25. 2. 1993 , p. 1 .
r2) OJ No L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.
'■') OJ No L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.                                                        Article 2
'<) OJ No L 181 , 20. 7. 1996, p. 13.
'') OJ No L 49, 4. 3. 1995, p. 13.
!") OJ No L 71 , 31 . 3. 1995, p. 84.
)7) OI No L 83, 25. 3. 1997, p. 18 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 April 1997.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 16 April 1997.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission