17.5.97PEN]OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL126/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No884/97
of16May1997
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1985/96(^
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93Q,lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
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(l0),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(");
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
small-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbere-established ;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)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No592/97(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively ,
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
representative importmarkets; OOJNoL264,17.10.1996,p.14.
(6)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.0OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.oOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(I0)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(")OJNoL188,27.7.1996,p.22.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.0OJNoL79,29.3.1996,p.6.
OOJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
*)OJNoL89,4.4.1997,p.1.

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preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)No
1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyre-established .Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1Januaryto31December1997;whereas,asa
result,thesuspensionofthepreferentialdutyandthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapply
uptotheendofthatperiodatthelatest,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article2
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesexThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17May1997
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsrael,theandisapplicableuntil31December1997atthelatest.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16May1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission