Commission Regulation (EC) No 1721/98 of 31 July 1998 fixing the reduction coefficients for the determination of the quantity of bananas to be allocated to each operator in categories A and B from the tariff quota for 1998 (Text with EEA relevance)
L 215/62 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 8. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1721/98 of 31 July 1998 fixing the reduction coefficients for the determination of the quantity of bananas to be allocated to each operator in categories A and B from the tariff quota for 1998 (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, hardship must not be taken into account for the calcula- tion of the reduction coefficients in question; 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 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 of 10 June 1993 laying down detailed the arrangements for im- rules for the application of porting bananas into the Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1409/96 (4), the Commission, de- pending on the annual tariff quota and the total reference quantities of operators determined pursuant to Articles 3 and following of that Regulation, is to fix, where appro- priate, a single reduction coefficient for each category of operators to be applied to operators’ reference quantities to determine the quantity to be allocated to each for the year in question; certain Whereas, pending the adaptation of the volume of the tariff quota as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and the results of additional verifications concerning by information Member States, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2071/97 (5), for the purposes of implementing Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93, provisionally fixes the reduction coefficients to be applied to the reference quantity of each operator in categories A and B, on the basis of a tariff quota volume of 2 200 000 tonnes for 1998; communicated Whereas the volume of the tariff quota was subsequently fixed at 2 553 000 tonnes for 1998 by Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1645/98 (6); whereas, however, the special quantity of 16 500 tonnes reserved for cases of extreme Whereas, on that basis and taking account of the addi- tional verifications carried out since the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 2071/97, the new coefficients for 1998 should be determined; whereas, for the sake of clarity, Regulation (EC) No 2071/97 should be repealed; Whereas the provisions of this Regulation must enter into force immediately, given the time limits laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93; Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The quantity to be allocated to each operator in categories A and B in respect of the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 within the tariff quota provided for in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be calculated by applying to the operator’s reference quantity, determined in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93, the following single reduc- tion coefficients: — for each category A operator: 0,860438, — for each category B operator: 0,527418. Article 2 Regulation (EC) No 2071/97 is hereby repealed. (1) OJ L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1. (2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. (3) OJ L 142, 12. 6. 1993, p. 6. (4) OJ L 181, 20. 7. 1996, p. 13. (5) OJ L 291, 24. 10. 1997, p. 1. (6) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 53. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 1. 8. 98 ‹ EN ‹ Official Journal of the European Communities L 215/63 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 July 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission