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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 80/98
of 13 January 1998
re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses
originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for theapplication of preferential customs duties on imports ofcertain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan andMorocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (
1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in
particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
for the application of a preferential customs duty onlarge-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnationswithin the limit of tariff quotas opened annually forimports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (
3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/97 (4),
opens and provides for the administration of Communitytariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus,Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and theGaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailedrules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 79/98 (
5) fixed
Community producer and import prices for carnationsand roses for application of the arrangements forimportation from the countries in question;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (
6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid
down detailed rules for the application of thesearrangements;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (
8), as lastamended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used to
convert amounts expressed in third country currenciesand are used as the basis for determining the agriculturalconversion rates of the Member States’ currencies; whereasdetailed rules on the application and determination ofthese conversions were set by Commission Regulation(EEC) No 1068/93 (
10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1482/96 (11);
Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small-
flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC)No 2651/97 (
12);
Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement forreintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid downin Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met forsmall-flowered roses originating in Israel; whereas thepreferential customs duty should be reintroduced;
Whereas in between meetings of the Management
Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes ex
0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel thepreferential customs duty set by amended Regulation (EC)No 1981/94 is reintroduced.
2. Regulation (EC) No 2651/97 is hereby repealed.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
1998.
(1) OJ L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 236, 27. 8. 1997, p. 3.
(5) See page 5 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.(9) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(11) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
(12) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 53.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 13 January 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission