COMMISSION  REGULATION (EC) No 2710/95 of 23 November 1995 fixing certain indicative quantities for imports of  bananas into the Community for the first quarter of 1996
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 Article 9 (1) 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 1164/95  (4), provides for the fixing of indicative  quantities expressed as a percentage of the quantities allocated to the various countries or groups  of countries mentioned in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 478/95  (5), as amended by  Regulation (EC) No 702/95  (6), for the purpose of issuing import licences for each quarter using  data and forecasts relating to the Community market;
Whereas it should be recalled that Commission Regulation (EC) No 2568/95  (7) provides for the  transfer to Colombia of the quantity allocated to Nicaragua for 1996 on account of the fact that  Nicaragua will be unable to export bananas to the Community;
Whereas, on the basis of an analysis of the data relating on the one hand to the quantities of  bananas marketed in the Community in 1995 and in particular to actual imports in particular during  the first quarter, and on the other hand to the outlook for supply of the market and consumption  within the Community during the first quarter of 1996, an indicative quantity should be fixed for  each country of origin at 32  % of the quantity allocated to it in the tariff quota to ensure  adequate supplies to the Community as a whole;
Whereas, on the basis of the same data, the authorized quantity referred to in Article 9 (2) of  Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 which operators in categories A and B can apply for in respect of the  first quarter of 1996 should be fixed;
Whereas the indicative quantities provided for in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for  the purposes of issuing import licences for traditional imports from ACP States should also be  fixed;
Whereas this Regulation must enter into force prior to the period for the submission of licence  applications in respect of the first quarter of 1996;
Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set  by its chairman,
For the Community as a whole for the first quarter of 1996, the  indicative quantities provided for in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 for imports of  bananas under the tariff quota provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93  shall be 32  % of the quantities laid down for each country or group of countries mentioned in  Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 478/95.
The indicative quantities shall apply to import licence applications in respect of imports of  bananas originating in Costa Rica and Colombia from operators in Categories A and C as well as  Category B.
The authorized quantities for Category A and B operators for the first quarter of 1996  as provided for in Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 shall amount to 32  % of the  quantity allocated to each operator pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 6 of that  Regulation.
The indicative quantities provided for in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93  for traditional ACP imports of bananas for the first quarter of 1996 shall be 30  % of the  traditional quantities laid down in respect of each country in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No  404/93.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official  Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.