Bananas: common organisation of the market COM

Parliament decided to refer back to the Committee on Agriculture the report by Mr Giacomo SANTINI (UPE, I) concerning the amendment to the common organization of the market in bananas, following the refusal by the Commission to agree to reduce the tariff quota for imports of third-country bananas from 2 553 000 tonnes to 2 300 000 tonnes while maintaining the current allocation of 66.5% for third countries and 30% for operators marketing Community bananas and/or importing traditional ACP bananas. Parliament also called on the Commission to ensure by appropriate measures (preferably by opening a specific quota) that small-scale producers who behave in an exemplary fashion from the ecological and social point of view (fair trade producers) obtain improved access to the European market. �