COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3483/93 of 17 December 1993 on the issuing of licences for traditional imports of bananas originating in the ACP States for the first quarter of 1994

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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),

Having regard to 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), and in particular

Article 16

(1) and (2) thereof,

Whereas Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 provides that where the quantities of bananas originating in one and the same ACP State listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for which import licences are applied for exceed the indicative quantity fixed for the period in question, the Commission is to set a single reduction percentage to all licence applications mentioning that country of origin;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3298/93 (4) fixes indicative quantities for imports of bananas into the Community for the first quarter of 1994 for imports originating in the ACP States under the traditional quantities imported;

Whereas, for Cameroon, the quantities requested for traditional imports of ACP bananas during the first quarter of 1994 are higher than the quantities fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 3298/93; whereas, as a result, a single reduction percentage should be fixed for each application indicating this country or origin pursuant to Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93;

Whereas this Regulation should take effect without delay in order to allow licences to be issued as quickly as possible,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the first quarter of 1994, as regards licence applications for traditional imports of bananas originating in the ACP States, import licences shall be issued:

- for the quantity indicated in the licence application, multiplied by a reduction coefficient of 87,6036 % for applications indicating the origin Cameroon,

- in the case of applications indicating other origins, for the quantities indicated in the application.

Article 2

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.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6.

(3) OJ No L 296, 1. 12. 1993, p. 46.

(4) OJ No L 296, 1. 12. 1993, p. 48.