NoL163/34IEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.7.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1268/96
of1July1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95('),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1164/96(n);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EC)No
1981/94wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)
No916/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforsmall-flowered rosesoriginatingin
Israel;whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyshouldbe
reintroduced ,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)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No1099/96(4),
opensandprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,
originatinginCyprus,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(EC)No667/96(*)fixed
Communityproducerpricesforcarnationsandrosesfor
applicationofthearrangementsforimportationfromthe
countriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93f7),laidHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyamendedRegulation(EC)
No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon2July1996.
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(2)OJNoL79,29.3.1996,p.6.
(3)OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
(4)OJNoL146,20.6.1996,p.8.
OOJNoL92,13.4.1996,p.11.
(o)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.hOJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(")OJNoL153,27.6.1996,p.41.HOJNoL123,23.5.1996,p.13.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1July1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission