NoL286/4EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities8.11.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2140/96
of7November 1996
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EC)No1985/96(5)
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
539/96(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2917/93Q,lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
arrangements ;WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1877/96(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively;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)
No1482/96(");
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
large-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbere-established ;WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87
provides,ontheonehand,thatforagivenproductofa
givenorigin,thepreferentialcustomsdutyistobe
applicableonlyifthepriceoftheimportedproductisat
leastequalto85%oftheCommunityproducerprice;
whereas,ontheotherhand,thepreferentialcustomsduty
is,exceptinexceptionalcases,suspendedandthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyintroducedforagiven
productofagivenorigin:
(a)if,ontwosuccessivemarketdays,thepricesofthe
importedproductarelessthan85%ofthe
Communityproducerpriceinrespectofatleast30%
ofthequantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableon
representativeimportmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1November1996to31October1997;whereas,as
aresult,thesuspensionofthepreferentialdutyandthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapply
uptotheendofthatperiodatthelatest,
(s)OJNoL264,17.10.1996,p.14.
(6)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.0OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.
(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(10)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
")OJNoL188,27.7.1996,p.22.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL79,29.3.1996,p.6.
(3)OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
MOJNoL249,1.10.1996,p.1.

8.11.96 iEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL286/5
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodesex06031011andex06031051)
originatinginIsrael,thepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)No1981/94is
herebysuspendedandtheCommonCustomsTariffdutyisherebyre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8November1996.
Itshallapplyuntil31October1997atthelatest.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7November1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission