EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3. 98 L 90/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 660/98
of 24 March 1998
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
Customs Tariff duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certainflowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Moroccoand the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (
1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular
Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the
conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flow-ered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carna-tions and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limitof tariff quotas opened annually for imports into theCommunity of fresh cut flowers;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (
3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),
opens and provides for the administration of Communitytariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, origin-ating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and theWest Bank and the Gaza Strip;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/98 (
5) fixes
the Community producer and import prices for carna-tions and roses for the application of the import arrange-ments;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (
6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), lays
down the detailed rules for the application of the arrange-ments;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (
8), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used toconvert amounts expressed in third country currencies
and are used as the basis for determining the agriculturalconversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;whereas detailed rules on the application and determina-tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (
10), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1482/96 (11);
Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, itmust be concluded that the conditions laid down inArticle 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspen-sion of the preferential customs duty are met for small-flowered roses originating in Israel; whereas the CommonCustoms Tariff duty should be re-established;
Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
period 1 January to 31 December 1998; whereas, as aresult, the suspension of the preferential duty and thereintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty applyup to the end of that period at the latest;
Whereas, in between meetings of the Management
Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes ex
0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel, thepreferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No1981/94 is hereby suspended and the Common CustomsTariff duty is hereby re-established.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 March 1998.(1) OJ L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 88, 24. 3. 1998, p. 8.
(5) See page 32 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(9) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1. (11) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3. 98 L 90/37
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 24 March 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission