NoL320/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.12.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No3522/93
of21December 1993
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsingle-flower
(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92Qareusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3819/92(8);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsingle­
flower(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EEC)No2604/93wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No3107/93f);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintraductionofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
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
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93(6),laidHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsingle-flower (standard)carnations(CN
codeex06031053)originatinginIsraelthepreferential
customsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No2604/93is
reintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22December
1993. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.0OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL239,24.9.1993,p.1.
(4)OJNoL263,22.10.1993,p.10.0OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(ÓOJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.OOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.17.
OOJNoL278,11.11.1993,p.40.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission