CELEX: 31998R1463
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1463/98 of 8 July 1998 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third quarter of 1998 (second period)

9. 7. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 193/29
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1463/98
                                                      of 8 July 1998
                  on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third
                                            quarter of 1998 (second period)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       of the categories of operators exceed the quantity avail-
                                                                  able, 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
Community,                                                        category 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 quant-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of            ities applied for;
13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the
market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 3290/94 (2),                                                   Whereas the quantity applied for, for ‘Dominican Repub-
                                                                  lic' and ‘others', exceed the quantity available and a reduc-
                                                                  tion coefficient should therefore be applied; whereas
                                                                  import licences may be issued for the quantity referred to
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   in all other new 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         permit licences to be issued as quickly as possible,
9 (3) thereof,
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 quota arrangements for imports of bananas into the         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Community and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/
93 (5), 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
1281/98 of 19 June 1998 on the issuing of import                  Import licences shall be issued under the tariff quota for
licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third         the import of bananas during the third quarter of 1998
quarter of 1998 and on the submission of new applica-             against new applications as referred to in Article 4 (1) of
tions (7), fixes the quantities available for new licence         Regulation (EC) No 478/95:
applications under the tariff quota during the third
quarter of 1998; whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC)         1. for the quantity indicated in the licence application
No 478/95 lays down that the quantities for which                     multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Dominican Repub-
licences may be issued for the origin(s) concerned must               lic' by the reduction coefficient 0,6082 and for the
be determined without delay;                                          origin ‘others' by a reduction coefficient of 0,6552 in
                                                                      the case of applications from operators in categories A
                                                                      and B, excluding applications for up to 150 tonnes;
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93
lays down that where, in the case of a given quarter and          2. for the quantity indicated in licence application, in the
origin, for a country or group of countries referred to in            case of an origin other than those referred to in point 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/95, the quantities                  above.
covered by import licence applications from one or more
(1) OJ  L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ  L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ  L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.                                                            Article 2
(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 176, 20. 6. 1998, p. 21.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 July 1998.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 8 July 1998.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission