NoL290/12PEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.11.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2168/96
of12November 1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-floweredroses
originatinginIsrael
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(l0),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(u);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EC)No
1981/94wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)
No2139/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforsmall-flowered rosesoriginatingin
Israel;whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyshouldbe
reintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
539/96(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No1877/96(4),
opensandprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,
originatinginCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
WhereasArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
stipulatesthatthepreferentialcustomsdutyshallbe
reintroducedforagivenproductofagivenoriginifthe
pricesoftheimportedproduct(fullratecustomsdutynot
deducted)are,foratleast70%ofthequantitiesforwhich
pricesareavailableonrepresentative Communityimport
markets,notlessthan85%oftheCommunityproducer
priceforaperiod,calculatedfromtheactualdateof
suspensionoftheactualpreferentialcustomsduty,
—oftwosuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspensionunder
Article2(2)(a)ofthatRegulation,
—ofthreesuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspension
underArticle2(2)(b)ofthatRegulation;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EC)No1985/96(*)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangements forimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2917/93(7),laidHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyamendedRegulation(EC)
No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon13November
1996.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL79,29.3.1996,p.6.
OOJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
4OJNoL249,1.10.1996,p.1.f)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(9)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.0OJNoL264,17.10.1996,p.14.
(*)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(")OJNoL188,27.7.1996,p.22.
(,2)OJNoL286,8.11.1996,p.2. 0OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.12November1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission