CELEX: 31997R1981
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-10 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1981/97 of 10 October 1997 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the fourth quarter of 1997 (second period) (Text with EEA relevance)

L 278/ 16             | EN |            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 11 . 10. 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1981 /97
                                                      of 10 October 1997
                    on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the
                                          fourth quarter of 1997 (second period)
                                                   (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       countries referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
                                                                  478/95) exceed the quantity available, a reduction per­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             centage is to be applied to applications quoting that
Community,                                                        origin;
                                                                  Whereas, as regards Colombia and Costa Rica, the above­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of            mentioned provisions of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
13 February 1993 on the common organization of the                 1814/97 should be applied and the quantities for which
market in bananas ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)         licences may be issued to category B operators should be
No 3290/94 (2),                                                    determined;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas, on the basis of applications submitted during
1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for             the second period, the quantities for which licences may
the application of the arrangements for importing                  be issued for the origins concerned should be determined
bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by                 forthwith ;
Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), and in particular Article 9
(3) thereof,                                                      Whereas this Regulation must apply immediately so
                                                                   licences can 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
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the tariff quota             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 par­                                         Article 1
ticular Article 4 (3) thereof,
                                                                   Import licences shall be issued under the tariff quota for
                                                                   imports of bananas during the fourth quarter of 1997
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                     (second period) in respect of new applications as referred
 1814/97 of 19 September 1997 on the issuing of import             to in Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 478/95 and
licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the fourth
                                                                   those referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
quarter of 1997 and on the submission of new applica­               1814/97:
tions ^, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                    1 . For the quantity set out in the licence application :
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1814/97 fixes the quantities
 available for the fourth quarter of 1997 under the second              (a) multiplied, in respect of the origin 'Colombia', by
                                                                            the reduction coefficient 0,6156 in the case of
 period for the submission of applications provided for in
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 478/95; whereas, under                      applications from operators in category B, in­
 that Regulation, import licences are to be issued to cate­                 cluding applications for up to 150 tonnes;
gory B operators who have submitted applications within                 (b) multiplied, in respect of the origin 'Costa Rica', by
 the time limit laid down for the quantities available,                     the reduction coefficient 0,9731 in the case of
where applicable at the end of the second period, for                       applications from operators in category B, in­
 imports of bananas originating in Costa Rica, Colombia                     cluding applications for up to 150 tonnes;
 and Nicaragua under categories A and C;
                                                                        (c) multiplied, in respect of the origin 'Cameroon', by
                                                                            the reduction coefficient 0,9998 in the case of ap­
 Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93
 states that, where the quantities covered by import licence                plications from all categories of operators, inclu­
                                                                            ding applications for up to 150 tonnes;
 applications from one or more of the categories of opera­
 tors for a given quarter and origin (country or group of               (d) multiplied, in respect of the origin 'Cote d'lvoire',
                                                                            by the reduction coefficient 0,3591 in the case of
  ') OJ  L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1 .                                          applications from all categories of operators,
  2) OJ  L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                                      including applications for up to 150 tonnes.
  3) OJ  L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.
  4) OJ  L 181 , 20. 7. 1996, p. 13.                                2. For the quantity set out in the licence application in
  s) OJ  L 49, 4. 3 . 1995, p. 13.                                      respect of origins other than those mentioned in point
  «) OJ  L 71 , 31 . 3. 1995, p. 84.
                                                                         1.
  ^  OJ  L 257, 20. 9. 1997, p. 9.
 ---pagebreak--- 11 . 10 . 97   I EN I           Official Journal of the European Communities                        L 278 / 17
                                                    Article 2
             This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 1997.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 10 October 1997.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission