The implementation of this new regulation, which actually goes beyond the WTO ruling, would call into question the distribution of Community and ACP products and would aggravate an already fragile social situation, especially in the French Overseas Territories where the selling price of bananas had already fallen below 3 francs in 1998 and was less than 2 francs in 1999.
Iværksættelsen af denne nye ordning, som for øvrigt går længere end WTO's dom, vil drage afsætningen af EF- og AVS-produkterne i tvivl og forværre en samfundssituation, der allerede er svækket, særlig i de oversøiske franske departementer, hvor salgsprisen for bananer allerede er faldet fra under 3 francs i 1998 til under 2 francs i 1999.