CELEX: 31998R0787
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 787/98 of 14 April 1998 on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the second quarter of 1998 (second period)

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 787/98
                                                      of 14 April 1998
                   on the issuing of import licences for bananas under the tariff quota for the
                                        second quarter of 1998 (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 organisation of the
                                                                 for;
market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 3290/94 (2),
                                                                 Whereas the quantities applied for, for ‘Colombia cat-
                                                                 egory A’, ‘Costa Rica category A’ and ‘Cameroon’, exceed
                                                                 the quantity available and a reduction coefficient should
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                  therefore be applied; whereas import licences may be
1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for           issued for the quantity referred to in all other new ap-
the application of the arrangements for importing                plications;
bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), and in particular Article 9
(3) thereof,                                                     Whereas this Regulation should apply immediately to
                                                                 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
quota arrangements for imports of bananas into the
Community and amending Regulation (EEC) No                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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
645/98 of 20 March 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 second       the import of bananas during the second 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 second
quarter of 1998; whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC)        1. for the quantity set out in the licence application:
No 478/95 lays down that the quantities for which
licences may be issued for the origin(s) concerned must
be determined without delay;                                        (a) multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Colombia’, by
                                                                        the reduction coefficient 0,9893 in the case of
                                                                        applications from operators in category A, includ-
                                                                        ing 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            (b) multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Costa Rica’, by
origin, for a country or group of countries referred to in              the reduction coefficient 0,9202 in the case of
                                                                        applications from operators in category A, includ-
(1) OJ  L  47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.                                       ing applications for up to 150 tonnes;
(2) OJ  L  349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ  L  142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.                                  (c) multiplied, in respect of the origin ‘Cameroon’, by
(4) OJ  L  181, 20. 7. 1996, p. 13.
(5) OJ  L  49, 4. 3. 1995, p. 13.                                       the reduction coefficient 0,7112 in the case of
(6) OJ  L  71, 31. 3. 1995, p. 84.                                      applications from all categories of operators, in-
(7) OJ  L  87, 21. 3. 1998, p. 10.                                      cluding applications for up to 150 tonnes;
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         2. for the quantity indicated in licence application, in the case of an origin other than
             those referred to in point 1 above.
                                                  Article 2
         This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April 1998.
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 14 April 1998.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                              Member of the Commission