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of21December 1987
fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers
originatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordan,Morocco andtheWestBankandtheGazaStrip ◄
(OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EEC) No 3551/88 of 14 November 1988 L 311 1 17.11.1988
►M2Council Regulation (EC) No 539/96 of 25 March 1996 L 79 6 29.3.1996
►M3Council Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 of 30 June 1997 L 177 1 5.7.1997
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COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No4088/87
of21December 1987
fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties
onimportsofcertainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordan,
Morocco andtheWestBankandtheGazaStrip
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas the additional Protocols to the Association or Cooperation
Agreementsbetween the European Economic Community, on the onehand, and Cyprus, Israel and Jordan, on the other, provide that prefer-ential customs duties shall be applied to imports into the Community ofroses and carnations, within the limit of tariff quotas opened for
imports of all fresh cut flowers falling within subheading 0603 10 of
the combined nomenclature and originating in the said States; whereasthese tariff advantages are applicable only to imports which complywith certain price conditions;
Whereas this Regulation should state the price conditions with which
imports of roses and carnations must comply in order to qualify forthe application of preferential customs duties and should also set boththe conditions for suspending the preferential tariff arrangement when
these conditions are no longer met and the conditions for its subsequent
reintroduction;
Whereasprice conditionsto be complied with for imported products
are determined according to Community producer prices; whereas, inthe light of the extremely volatile and short-term fluctuations in theprices of the products in question in the Community, these producerprices should be set for two-week periods, on the basis of the averagerepresentative market price during the previous three years, excessive
fluctuationsbeing dis regarded,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
ThisRegulation laysdown the conditionsfor application of a preferen-
tial customs duty for large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses,uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations,within the limit of tariff quotasopened annually for importsinto theCommunity of all fresh cut flowers falling within subheading 0603 10
of the combined nomenclature and ►
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Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip ◄.
Article 2
1. For a given product and origin, the preferential customs duty shall
be applicable only if the price of the imported product isat leas t 85 %of the Community producer price referred to in Article 3.
2. Import pricesapplicable for two-week periodss hall be deter-
mined for each of the productsand originsindicated in Article 1.
Such pricess hall be determined every fifteen daysfor the two weeks
following the date on which they are determined.
Import prices shall be determined on the basis of the weighted average
of pricesrecorded on the repres entative import marketsof the Commu-nity.
3. The preferential customs duty shall be suspended and the
Common Customs Tariff duty introduced for any given product and1987R4088 — EN — 12.07.1997 — 003.001 — 2
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origin if the import price determined as specified in paragraph 2 is less
than 85 % of the Community producer price determined ass pecified inArticle 3.
4. The preferential customs duty shall be reintroduced for any given
product and origin if the import price determined ass pecified in para-graph 2 is85 % or more of the Community producer price determinedass pecified in Article 3.
Article 3
1. Community producer pricesapplicable for two-week periodss hall
be determined for each of the four productsindicated in Article 1. Suchpricess hall be determined every fifteen daysfor the two weeksfollowing the date on which they are determined.
2. Community producer prices shall be determined on the basis of
the weighted average of producer pricesrecorded on the repres entative
marketsfor Community production.
Article 4
In the absence of prices sufficiently representative to permit determina-
tion of import and/or Community producer pricesass pecified inArticles 2 (2) and 3 (2) respectively, they shall be determined on thebasis of the latest prices determined.
Article 5
1. In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 14 of
Regulation (EEC) No 234/68(
1), the Commission shall lay down
detailed rulesfor the implementation of thisRegulation, including in
particular:
— the definition of the productsmentioned in Article 1,
— the list of representative producer markets and representative
Community import markets,
— the information to be returned periodically to the Commission by
Member Statesfor the purpos esof thisRegulation.
2. In accordance with the procedure provided for in paragraph 1, the
Commission shall:
(a) determine import pricesasprovided for in Article 2 (2) and
Community producer pricesasprovided for in Article 3 (2);
(b) when appropriate, suspend the preferential customs duty and rein-
troduce the Common Customs Tariff duty, or reintroduce the
preferential customs duty.
However, between the meetingsof the Management Committee, thes e
measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
Article 6
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply to products originating in each of the three countries
concerned asfrom the date of application of the relevant additionalProtocol.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1987R4088 — EN — 12.07.1997 — 003.001 — 3
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