NoL115/32EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.5.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No854/96
of8May1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered roses
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(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No2853/95(n);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforlarge­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EC)No
1981/94wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)
No2633/95(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindent,ofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforlarge-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
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No585/96(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
WhereasArticle2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87
stipulatesthatthepreferentialcustomsdutyshallbe
reintroducedforagivenproductofagivenoriginifthe
pricesoftheimportedproduct(fullratecustomsdutynot
deducted)are,foratleast70%ofthequantitiesforwhich
pricesareavailableonrepresentativeCommunityimport
markets,notlessthan85%oftheCommunityproducer
priceforaperiod,calculatedfromtheactualdateof
suspensionoftheactualpreferentialcustomsduty:
—oftwosuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspensionunder
Article2(2)(a)ofthatRegulation,
—ofthreesuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspension
underArticle2(2)(b)ofthatRegulation;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EC)No2524/95(*)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(%as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93(^laidHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyamendedRegulation(EC)
No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9May1996.
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(5)OJNoL258,28.10.1995,p.42.
(6)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
OOJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(>)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
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(")OJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.
HOJNoL269,11.11.1995,p.18.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8May1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission