COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3482/93 of 17 December 1993 on the issuing of import licences for bananas in the context of the tariff quota for the first quarter of 1994

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3482/93 of 17 December 1993 on the issuing of import licences for  bananas in the context of the tariff quota for the first quarter of 1994
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), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas Article 9 (3) 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   (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3297/93  (3), provides that, where the quantities  covered by import licence applications from one or more of the categories of operators appreciably  exceed the indicative quantity fixed pursuant to Article 9 (1), a single percentage reduction by  category is to be set, to be applied to all applications; whereas, however, this provision does not  apply to applications relating to 150 tonnes or less;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3298/93  (4) fixes indicative quantities for impors of  bananas into the Community for the first quarter of 1994 under the tariff quota;
Whereas the total volume of applications for licence for all of the three categories of operators  under the tariff quota, excluding quantities of 150 tonnes or less, is 593  124 tonnes, and  appreciably exceeds the indicative quantity of 520  000 tonnes fixed by Regulation (EC) No 3298/93;  whereas the prospects for the market during the first quarter of 1994 do not make it possible to  provide for satisfactory disposal of the total quantity of bananas applied for; whereas, as a  result, distinct single reduction percentages should be fixed for categories A and B excluding  requests for quantities of 150 tonnes or less;
Whereas this Regulation should take effect without delay in order to allow licences to be issued as  quickly as possible;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set  by its chairman,