CELEX: 31994R2161
Language: en
Date: 1994-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2161/94 of 2 September 1994 fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the fourth quarter of 1994

3. 9. 94                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 230/ 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2161/94
                                                      of 2 September 1994
                  fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for die fourth
                                                         quarter of 1994
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         import licences for traditional bananas originating in the
                                                                    African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas these quantities do not include the quantities
Community,                                                          not used and available for reallocation pursuant to Article
                                                                    10 (3) and, as far as imports from ACP countries are
                                                                    concerned, pursuant to Article 17 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of             No 1442/93 ;
 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the
 market in bananas ('), as amended by Commission Regu­              Whereas this Regulation must enter into force immedi­
lation (EC) No 3518/93 (2), and in particular Article 20            ately to enable licence applications to be submitted in
thereof,                                                            respect of the fourth quarter of 1994 ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas Article 9 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC)                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 No 1442/93 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                Committee for bananas,
 1299/94 (4), provides that indicative quantities are to be
 fixed for each quarter for the purposes of issuing import
 licences using data and forecasts relating to the Com­
 munity market, on the basis of the forecast supply balance         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 for production and consumption in the Community and
 of imports and exports as referred to in Article 16 of
 Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 ;                                                                   Article 1
                                                                     For the fourth quarter of 1994 and for each importer
 Whereas the quantities, which depend on the size of the            applications for import licences under the tariff quota
 annual tariff quota and the total quantity covered by               may not involve a quantity greater than the difference
 licences issued for the preceding quarters, should be              between the quantity allocated to the importer pursuant
 determined for the fourth quarter of 1994 without preju­            to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 and the sum
 dice to an increase in the tariff quota in implementation           of the quantities covered by import licences issued in
 of Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 ;                  respect of the first three quarters of 1994. Applications for
                                                                     import licences shall be accompanied by a copy of the
                                                                     import licence or licences issued to the importer in
 Whereas for individual importers in categories A and B              respect of the preceding quarters.
 applications for import licences under the tariff quota
 may not involve a quantity which is greater than the
 difference between the annual quantity allocated to the                                        Article 2
 importer and the sum of the quantities covered by
 licences issued for the first three quarters of 1994 ;              Pursuant to Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1442/93, the quantities of traditional bananas originating
                                                                     in the ACP States which may be imported in the fourth
 Whereas, with the same objects in view, the indicative              quarter of 1994 are set out in the Annex hereto.
 quantities referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
 No 1442/93 should be fixed for the purposes of issuing
                                                                                                Article 3
 (') OJ No   L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 0   OJ No   L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 15.
 0   OJ No   L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.                               publication in the Official Journal of the European
 O   OJ No   L 141 , 4. 6. 1994, p. 38.                               Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 2 September 1994.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                     ANNEX
           Quantities of traditional ACP bananas available (or import in the fourth quarter of 1994
                                                                     (tonnes/net weight)
                                          ACP States                 Quantity
                            Ivory Coast                               34 0 1 6
                            Cameroon                                  31 105
                            Surinam                                    12 600
                            Somalia                                   60 000
                            Jamaica                                   45 200
                            St Lucia                                  42 000
                            St Vincent and the Grenadines             42 890
                            Dominica                                  28 690
                            Belize                                      6 400
                            Cape Verde                                  4 440
                            Grenada                                     9 900
                            Madagascar                                  5 800