29.12.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 345/13 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2587/2001 of 19 December 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organisation of the market in bananas THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas: (1)  Following amendments to the tariff and statistical nomenclature and the common customs tariff, the CN codes for products covered by the common organisation of the market in bananas should be updated and the CN codes for products to which Articles 17 to 20 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 404/93 () apply should be corrected. (2)  Provision should be made for the possibility for Member States not to grant, during a limited period, compens- atory aid for produce obtained from new banana planta- tions in order to continue the sustainable development of the production areas; this possibility must also be subject to authorisation by the Commission. (3)  There have been numerous close contacts with supplier countries and other interested parties to settle the disputes arising from the import regime established by Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 and to take account of the conclusions of the panel set up under the dispute settle- ment system of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). (4)  Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 40493 opened an autonomous tariff quota C of 850 000 tonnes for all origins, subject to a customs duty of EUR 300 per tonne with a tariff preference of EUR 300 per tonne for imports originating in ACP countries, in addition to the 2 200 000 tonnes bound under the World Trade Organ- isation and the additional B quota of 353 000 tonnes. The quantities relating to the different quotas should be () O] C 304 E, 30.10.2001, p. 331. (¥ Opinion delivered on 12 December 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (*) Opinion delivered on 28 November 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (*) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 216/2001 (O] L 31, 2.2.2001, p. 2). amended to widen access for bananas originating in third countries and at the same time to ensure access for a specific quantity of bananas originating in ACP coun- tries. (5)  In view of amendments made to agricultural legislation and in line with the part-financing of aid to producer organisations provided for in Article 14(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and veget- ables (), it should be laid down that the Community aid to producer organisations provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 will be financed from the EAGGF Guarantee Section, for all producer organ- isations that are to be established until 31 December 2006. Since the regions concerned are covered by Objective 1, the same rate of Community contribution should be fixed for this aid as for the aid provided for in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for Objec- tive 1 regions. (6)  The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 relating to the committee procedure should be amended. The measures necessary for the implementation of Regula- tion (EEC) No 404/93 should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of imple- menting powers conferred on the Commission (°), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 1. A common organisation of the market in bananas is hereby established. () OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 911/2001 (O] L 129, 11.5.2001, p. 3). (9 OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.