CELEX: 31997R1330
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-10 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1330/97 of 10 July 1997 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third quarter of 1997 (second period)

No L 183 /2            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  11 . 7 . 97
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1330/97
                                                           of 10 July 1997
                    on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third
                                                  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
 1136/97 of 20 June 1997 on the issuing of import                    the import of bananas during the third quarter of 1997
licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the third            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 Q, fixes the quantities available for new licence
applications under the tariff quota during the third
quarter of 1997; whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC)            1 . for the quantity indicated in the licence applications
No 478/95 lays down that the quantities for which                        multiplied, in the case of the origin ' Dominican Re­
licences may be issued for the origin(s) concerned must                  public ' by the reduction coefficient of 0,5388 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, 2b . L. 1W3, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No  L  349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3)  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.
(s)  OJ No  L  71 , 31 . 3. 1995, p. 84.
P) OJ No L 164, 21 . 6. 1997, p. 12.                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 July 1997.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 10 July 1997.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission