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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 provides that, from 1 January 2006, the tariff rate for bananas of CN code 08030019 is to be EUR 176/metric tonne.

(2) On 31 May 2010, the Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela (the Agreement) regarding the structure and operation of the Union’s trading regime for bananas of CN code 08030019 was signed.

(3) In accordance with the Agreement, the Union will gradually reduce its banana tariff from EUR 176/metric tonne to EUR 114/metric tonne. A first cut, which was applied retroactively from 15 December 2009, the date of initialling of the Agreement, reduced the tariff to EUR 148/metric tonne. The subsequent cuts are to apply in seven annual instalments with a possible delay of a maximum of two years if agreement on agriculture modalities in the Doha Round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is delayed. The final tariff of EUR 114/metric tonne is to be reached on 1 January 2019 at the latest. The tariff reductions will be bound in the WTO at the moment of the certification of the EU banana schedule.

(4) After having been applied provisionally since its date of signature, the Agreement was approved by Council Decision 2011/194/EU.

(5) In light of the new banana tariffs to be applied pursuant to the Agreement, it is appropriate to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 is repealed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Strasbourg, 9 March 2011. For the European Parliament The President J. Buzek For the Council The President Győri E.

Versions

1. 2011-03-09

Cited by

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1287/2011 of 9 December 2011 repealing Regulation (EC) No 2014/2005 on licences under the arrangements for importing bananas into the Community in respect of bananas released into free circulation at the common customs tariff rate of duty Regulation · Grade B

  In view of the new banana tariffs to be applied pursuant the Geneva Agreement, Regulation (EU) No 306/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council has repealed Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 with effect on the date of entry into force of that Agreement.

• Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 18 December 2014 Judgment · Grade B

  Following the signature of the Geneva Agreement on 31 May 2010, Regulation No 1964/2005 was repealed by Regulation (EU) No 306/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 (OJ 2011 L 88, p. 44).

• Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 18 December 2014 Judgment · Grade B

  It is stated in recital 3 in the preamble to Regulation No 306/2011 that, in accordance with the Geneva Agreement, the European Union will gradually reduce its banana tariff from EUR 176 per tonne to EUR 114 per tonne. A first cut, which was applied retroactively from 15 December 2009, the date of initialling of the Geneva Agreement, thus reduced the tariff to EUR 148 per tonne.

• Thursday 3 February 2011Repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 on the tariff rates for bananas ***I P7_TA(2011)0036 European Parliament legislative resolution of 3 February 2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 on the tariff rates for bananas (COM(2010)0096 – C7-0074/2010 – 2010/0056(COD)) 2012/C 182 E/12 Notice · Grade B

  (As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 306/2011.)