5.2.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL32/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No263/94
of4February1994
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsingle-flower
(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(5),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93(6),laid
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/920,as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(8),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3819/92(9);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsingle­
flower(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EEC)No2604/93wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No3590/93(l0);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforsingle-flower (standard)carnations
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2604/93(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration 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(EEC)No2890/93(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangements forimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsingle-flower (standard)carnations(CN
codesex06031013andex06031053)originatingin
IsraelthepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation
(EEC)No2604/93isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5February1994.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission