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3 . 9 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 230/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2161/94 of 2 September 1994 fixing quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for die fourth quarter of 1994

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, import licences for traditional bananas originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas these quantities do not include the quantities Community, not used and available for reallocation pursuant to Article 10 (3) and, as far as imports from ACP countries are concerned, pursuant to Article 17 (4) of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of No 1442/93 ; 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas ('), as amended by Commission Regu­ Whereas this Regulation must enter into force immedi­ lation (EC) No 3518/93 (2), and in particular Article 20 ately to enable licence applications to be submitted in thereof, respect of the fourth quarter of 1994 ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Whereas Article 9 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) in accordance with the opinion of the Management No 1442/93 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No Committee for bananas, 1299/94 (4), provides that indicative quantities are to be fixed for each quarter for the purposes of issuing import licences using data and forecasts relating to the Com­ munity market, on the basis of the forecast supply balance HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : for production and consumption in the Community and of imports and exports as referred to in Article 16 of Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 ;

For the fourth quarter of 1994 and for each importer Whereas the quantities, which depend on the size of the applications for import licences under the tariff quota annual tariff quota and the total quantity covered by may not involve a quantity greater than the difference licences issued for the preceding quarters, should be between the quantity allocated to the importer pursuant determined for the fourth quarter of 1994 without preju­ to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 and the sum dice to an increase in the tariff quota in implementation of the quantities covered by import licences issued in of Article 18 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 ; respect of the first three quarters of 1994. Applications for import licences shall be accompanied by a copy of the import licence or licences issued to the importer in Whereas for individual importers in categories A and B respect of the preceding quarters. applications for import licences under the tariff quota may not involve a quantity which is greater than the difference between the annual quantity allocated to the Article 2 importer and the sum of the quantities covered by licences issued for the first three quarters of 1994 ; Pursuant to Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93, the quantities of traditional bananas originating in the ACP States which may be imported in the fourth Whereas, with the same objects in view, the indicative quarter of 1994 are set out in the Annex hereto. quantities referred to in Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 should be fixed for the purposes of issuing Article 3

(') OJ No L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 0 OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 15. 0 OJ No L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6. publication in the Official Journal of the European O OJ No L 141 , 4. 6. 1994, p. 38. Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 2 September 1994.

For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Quantities of traditional ACP bananas available (or import in the fourth quarter of 1994

(tonnes/net weight)

ACP States Quantity

Ivory Coast 34 0 1 6 Cameroon 31 105 Surinam 12 600 Somalia 60 000 Jamaica 45 200 St Lucia 42 000 St Vincent and the Grenadines 42 890 Dominica 28 690 Belize 6 400 Cape Verde 4 440 Grenada 9 900 Madagascar 5 800