Ref. Ares(2019)4162692 - 01/07/2019
Ref. Ares(2018)6599407 - 20/12/2018
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Directorate A. International
A.3. The Americas
NOTE FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE INTA COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
EU banana market analysis
ORIGIN:
DG TRADE […] -
DG AGRI A.3 The Americas
[…]
Article 4.1(b)-privacy
Article 4.1(b)-privacy
OBJECTIVE:
For information
REMARKS:
The Agreements with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, as well as with Central America, include a special
mechanism concerning the import of bananas. This mechanism was implemented with Regulations (EU)
No 19/20131 and (EU) No 20/20132 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/5403.
In the framework of the implementation of the above-mentioned Regulations and the Joint declaration by
the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, information is provided in annex concerning
the state of the market and the situation of Union banana producers.
1 Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation
mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part and Colombia and Peru, of the other part – OJ
L 17 of 19/01/2013, p 1
2 Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 of the European Parliament and the of the Council of 15 January 2013 implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation
mechanism for bananas of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America
on the other – OJ L 17 of 19/01/2013, p 13
3 Regulation (EU) 2017/540 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 implementing the bilateral
safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part and
Colombia and Peru, of the other part, and amending Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for
bananas of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other – OJ
L 88 of 31/03/2017