CELEX: 31998R2167
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2167/98 of 8 October 1998 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the fourth quarter of 1998 (second period) (Text with EEA relevance)

L 273/20             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 9. 10. 98
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2167/98
                                                    of 8 October 1998
                 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the fourth
                                           quarter of 1998 (second period)
                                                 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas Article 9(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93
                                                                 states that, where the quantities covered by import licence
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            applications from one or more of the categories of opera-
Community,                                                       tors for a given quarter and origin (country or group of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of           countries referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the               478/95) exceed the quantity available, a reduction percen-
market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)        tage is to be applied to applications quoting that origin;
No 1637/98 (2),                                                  Whereas, on the basis of applications submitted during
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                  the second period, the quantities for which licences may
1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for           be issued for the origins concerned should be determined
the application of the arrangements for importing                forthwith;
bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by               Whereas this Regulation must apply immediately so
Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), and in particular Article        licences can be issued as quickly as possible,
9(3) second paragraph thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
95 of 1 March 1995 on additional rules for the application
of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff quota                                 Article 1
arrangements for imports of bananas into the Community
and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 (5), as                 Import licences shall be issued under the tariff quota for
amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/95 (6), and in partic-         imports of bananas during the fourth quarter of 1998
ular Article 4(3) thereof,                                       (second period) in respect of new applications as referred
                                                                 to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 478/95, for the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2000/98 (7)                quantity set out in the licence application.
fixes the quantities available for the fourth quarter of
1998 under the second period for the submission of                                        Article 2
applications provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 478/95;                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 October 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 8 October 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 181, 20. 7. 1996, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 49, 4. 3. 1995, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 84.
(7) OJ L 257, 19. 9. 1998, p. 10.