Commission Regulation (EC) No 1155/97 of 25 June 1997 fixing the reduction coefficients for the determination of the quantity of bananas to be allocated to each operator in categories A and B from the tariff quota for 1997 (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1155/97 of 25 June 1997 fixing the reduction coefficients for the determination of the quantity of bananas to be allocated to each operator in categories A and B from the tariff quota for 1997 (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), the Commission, depending on the annual tariff quota and the total reference quantities of operators determined pursuant to Articles 3 and following of that Regulation, is to fix, where appropriate, a single reduction coefficient for each category of operators to be applied to operators' reference quantities to determine the quantity to be allocated to each for the year in question;
Whereas, pending the adaptation of the volume of the tariff quota as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and the results of additional verifications concerning certain information communicated by Member States, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2035/96 (5), for the purposes of implementing Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93, provisionally fixes the reduction coefficients to be applied to the reference quantity of each operator in categories A and B, on the basis of a tariff quota volume of 2 200 000 tonnes for 1997;
Whereas the volume of the tariff quota was subsequently fixed at 2 553 000 tonnes for 1997 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/97 (6); whereas, however, the special quantity of 10 000 tonnes reserved for cases of extreme hardship must not be taken into account for the calculation of the reduction coefficients in question;
Whereas, on that basis and taking account of the additional verifications carried out since the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 2035/96, the new coefficients for 1997 should be determined; whereas, for the sake of clarity, Regulation (EC) No 2035/96 should be repealed;
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation must enter into force immediately, given the time limits laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has failed to deliver an opinion within the time limit laid down by its chairman,