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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8879

2 February 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
EU sends official proposal to WTO on new banana import regime

Brussels, 01/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the European Commission notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of its proposal to bring in customs duty of 230 euros a tonne on imports of bananas from third countries, as of 2006. It is worth noting that in 2001, the EU undertook to modify its import quota system, to replace the present regime based on tariff quotas as of 2006. This new tariff, applied under the most-favoured nation clause, will replace the duty of 680 EUR applied to...

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