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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No870/96
of14May1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofuniflorous(standard)
carnationsoriginatinginMorocco
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2524/95(*)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(%as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93Q,laid
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(10),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
2853/95(");THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
539/96(2),andlastinparticularArticle5(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
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No585/96(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration 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 ;Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
uniflorous(standard)carnationsoriginatinginMoroccoby
Regulation (EC)No1981/94wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No799/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforuniflorous (standard)carnations
originatinginMorocco;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,
0OJNoL258,28.10.1995,p.42.
(<■)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
OOJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.
(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.96.
(")OJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.
(,2)OJNoL108,1.5.1996,p.45.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL79,29.3.1996,p.6.0OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.b)OJNoL84,3.4.1996,p.8.

NoL118/2lENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.5.96
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofuniflorous (standard)carnations(CNcodesex06031013and
ex06031053)originatinginMoroccothepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyamended
Regulation(EC)No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15May1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14May1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission