COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1219/95 of 30 May 1995 adopting transitional measures for the application of the tariff quota arrangements for imports of bananas for the third quarter of 1995 as a result of the Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden

• Published date: 31 May 1995
• Subject Matter: Accession,Fruit and vegetables
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 120, 31 May 1995

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1219/95 of 30 May 1995 adopting transitional measures for the application of the tariff quota arrangements for imports of bananas for the third quarter of 1995 as a result of the Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden

Official Journal L 120 , 31/05/1995 P. 0020 - 0021

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1219/95 of 30 May 1995 adopting transitional measures for the application of the tariff quota arrangements for imports of bananas for the third quarter of 1995 as a result of the Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 149 (1) thereof,

Whereas 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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1164/95 (2), lays down detailed rules on the Community market in bananas;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 479/95 (3) introduces transitional measures for imports of bananas into Austria, Finland and Sweden for the second quarter of 1995;

Whereas, in order to facilitate the switchover from the arrangements applying in the new Member States prior to their accession to those resulting from the application of the rules of the common organization of the market in bananas, transitional measures should be adopted for the third quarter of 1995; whereas, pending the adjustment of the tariff quota following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, reference quantities within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/93 cannot be determined for the operators in the new Member States in respect of 1995 without at the same time provisionally reducing the reference quantities determined at the end of 1994 for the operators in the other Member States in respect of the same year; whereas operators established in the new Member States should accordingly be authorized to import a certain quantity of bananas originating in third countries during that third quarter; whereas that quantity should be determined on the basis of the average quantity which the operators concerned have imported to supply those markets during the reference period used to determine the operators' rights...