14.5.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL119/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1236/91
of13May1991
reintroducing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;
Whereastopermittheimportarrangements tofunction
inthenormalmanner,pricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(8),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythe
coefficientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforlarge­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EEC)
No728/90wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2977/90(9);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthefirstparagraphofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No4088/87ismetforlarge-flowered rosesoriginatingin
Israel;whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyshouldbe
reintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco(l),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No728/90(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively ;
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 ;
Whereas,Article2(3)ofthatRegulationstipulatesthatin
theabsenceofavailablepricequotations,thepreferential
customsdutyshallbereintroducediftherearenoprices
forsixsuccessiveworkingdaysfromthedatethemeasure
wasapplied.
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3129/90(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
728/90isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14May1991.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
OOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNo.L81,28.3.1990,p.7.OOJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(6)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.
OOJNoL283,16.10.1990,p.19, (4)OJNoL299,30.10.1990,p.26.

NoL119/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.5.91
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13May1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission