# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 325/2006

of 23 February 2006

fixing the reduction coefficient to be applied to applications for import licences for bananas originating in the ACP countries for the period 1 March to 31 December 2006

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 of 29 November 2005 on the tariff rates for bananas [^1] ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 of 8 February 2006 opening and providing for the administration of the tariff quota for bananas falling under CN code 0803 00 19 originating in ACP countries for the period 1 March to 31 December 2006 [^2] , and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The applications for import licences submitted in the Member States under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 and sent to the Commission in accordance with Article 5 of that Regulation exceed the available quantities fixed in Article 2(a) thereof, i.e.146 850 tonnes for the operators referred to in Chapter II.

**(2)** The reduction coefficient to be applied to each application should therefore be fixed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

A reduction coefficient of 45,687 % shall be applied to each import licence application submitted by the operators referred to in Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 219/2006 under the tariff subquota of 146 850 tonnes.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 February 2006. *For the Commission* J. L. DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 316, 2.12.2005, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_316_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 38, 9.2.2006, p. 22](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_038_R_TOC) .

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