CELEX: 51994PC0638
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the volume of the annual quota for the import of bananas into the Community following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden

COMVIISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                     COMMUNITIES
                                       COM(94) 638 final
                                       Brussels, 21.12.1994
                          Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
         amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards
        the volume of the annual quotA for the import of
       bananas into the Community following the accession
                 of Austria, Finland and Sweden
                  (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Subject; Proposal for a Council Regulation (E C) amending Regulation (EEC)
         No 404/93 as regards the volume of the annual tariff quota for the
         import of bananas into the Community following the accession of
         Austria, Finland and Sweden.
The purpose of this Regulation is to amend the volume of the tariff quota
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for the import of third country bananas
and ACP non traditional bananas to take account of the needs of the new
Member states. Those needs have been assessed on the basis of figures for
average net imports during the last three years for which figures are
available (1991-93). The adjustment involves 353,000 tonnes (net weight).
This Regulation should be published by 1 January 1995.
                                    I
 ---pagebreak---                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No
                amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards
               the volume of the annual quotA for the import of
             bananas into the Community following the accession
                         of Austria, Finland and Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Austria, the
Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Finland to the European Union( 1 ), and
in particular Article 169(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on
the   common  organization   of  the  market  in  bananas(2),  as amended  by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 3518/93<3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^4),
Whereas Regulation    (EEC) No 404/93 provides for the opening of an annual
tariff quota for imports of third country bananas and non traditional ACP
bananas; whereas, following the accession of the Republic of Austria, the
Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Finland to the European Union, account
should be taken of the banana needs of these new Member States, which have
been assessed as 353,000 tonnes on the basis of the net average quantities
of bananas imported by those countries over the period 1991-93, the last
three years for which figures are available; whereas, therefore, a volume of
the tariff quota provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93
should be adjusted;
 (1) OJ No C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 9.
 (2) OJ No L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
 (3) OJ No L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 15
 (4)
                                       S
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                  Article 1
In the first subparagraph of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 the
words "two million tonnes    (net weight)" is hereby replaced by   2,553,000
tonnes (net weight)".
                                  Article 2
This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                    For the Council
 ---pagebreak---        FINANCIAL STATEMENT
       BUDGET HEADING:                                                                 APPROPRIATIONS:
        i 000                                                                          ECU 861.3 million
2.     TITLE:
       Proposal for a Council Regulation adjusting Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the size of the annual tariff quota
       for imports of bananas into the Community following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden
3.     LEGAL BASIS:
       Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93
4.     AIMS:
       To increase from 1 January 1995 the annual quota for imports of bananas into the EU following the accession of three
       new countries.
       FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:                                 PERIOD OF 12             CURRENT             FOLLOWING
                                                                  MONTHS               FINANCIAL             FINANCIAL
                                                                                          YEAR                  YEAR
                                                                                           (94)                  (95)
                                                                (ECU million)         (ECU million)         (ECU million)
5.0.   EXPENDITURE
       - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
          (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)
       - NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
       - OTHER
5.1.   REVENUE
       - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
          (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)                                    26.5                  26.5                  26.5
       - NATIONAL
                                                                  1997            1998             1999            2000
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE                                 ECU 26.5 m       ECU 26.5 m       ECU 26.5 m       ECU 26.5 m
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2.   METHOD OF CALCULATION:
       353 000 t x 75 ECU/t - ECU 26.5 million
6.0.   CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT
       CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
6.1.   CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT
       BUDGET?
6.2.   WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY?
6.3.   WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?
OBSERVATIONS
                   The calculation takes account of the annual quota (2 200 000 tonnes) and the customs duty (ECU 75 a
                   tonne) laid down in the GATT agreements.
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