20.2.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL44/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No399/92
of19February1992
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)
carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmannerpricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraph ofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(8),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ;Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythe
coefficientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EEC)No1551/91wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No154/92(9);
Whfereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetformultiflorous (spray)carnations
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1551/91(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
WhereasArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
stipulatesthatthepreferentialcustomsdutyshallbe
reintroducedforagivenproductofagivenoriginifthe
pricesoftheimportedproduct(fullratecustomsdutynot
deducted)are,foratleast70%ofthequantitiesforwhich
pricesareavailableonrepresentative Communityimport
markets,notlessthan85%oftheCommunityproducer
priceforaperiod,calculatedfromtheactualdateof
suspensionoftheactualpreferentialcustomsduty,
—oftwosuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspensionunder
Article2(2)(a)ofthatRegulation,
—ofthreesuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspension
underArticle2(2)(b)ofthatRegulation;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2995/91(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(5),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
1551/91isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20February
1992. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL144,8.6.1991,p.3.
OOJNoL285,15.10.1991,p.18.
OOJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(6)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(*)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.
(')OJNoL17,24.1.1992,p.25.

N6L44/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.2.92
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19February1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission