Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2002 of 29 May 2002 fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issuing of licences for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas for the third quarter of 2002

Commission Regulation (EC) No 891/2002
of 29 May 2002
fixing certain indicative quantities and individual ceilings for the issuing of licences for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas for the third quarter of 2002
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 organisation of the market in bananas(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2587/2001(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 14(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 of 7 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 349/2002(4), provides for the possibility of fixing an indicative quantity, expressed as the same percentage of quantities available under each of the tariff quotas, for the purposes of issuing import licences for the first three quarters of the year.
(2) The data relating, on the one hand, to the quantities of bananas marketed in the Community in 2001, and in particular actual imports, especially during the third quarter, and, on the other hand, to the outlook for supply and consumption on the Community market in the same quarter of 2002 call for the fixing of indicative quantities for quotas A, B and C that ensure satisfactory supply to the Community as a whole and continuity of trade flows between the production and marketing sectors.
(3) On the basis of the same data, the ceiling on the quantities for which individual operators can submit licence applications in respect of the third quarter of 2002 should be fixed for the purposes of Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 896/2001.
(4) Since this Regulation must apply before the beginning of the period for the submission of licence applications in respect of the third quarter of 2002, it should enter into force immediately.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,