{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1424/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/1424",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1424/2004 of 6 August 2004 fixing quantities for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas A/B and C for the fourth quarter of 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1424",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1424/2004\nof 6 August 2004\nfixing quantities for importing bananas into the Community under the tariff quotas A/B and C for the fourth quarter of 2004\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in bananas, and in particular Article 20 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 lays down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community. It is necessary to determine the quantities available for imports during the last quarter of 2004 in the framework of the import tariff quotas A/B and C provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93.\n(2)\nThe quantities available for import under the A/B and C tariff quotas for the fourth quarter of 2004 should be determined, having regard, on the one hand, to the volume of tariff quotas provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 and, on the other hand, to the import licences issued for the first three quarters of 2004. For traditional operators, however, these quantities are determined on a provisional basis in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2036/2003 of 19 November 2003 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 896/2001 as regards the fixing of adjustment coefficients to be applied to the reference quantity for each traditional operator under the tariff quotas for banana imports for 2004.\n(3)\nSince this Regulation must apply before the beginning of the period for the submission of licence applications in respect of the fourth quarter of 2004, it should enter into force immediately.\n(4)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 126, 8.5.2001, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 838/2004 (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 52)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 302, 20.11.2003, p. 7."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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