31.12.97 [EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L356/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2651/97
of30December 1997
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
MoroccoandtheWestBankandtheGazaStrip('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No1300/97(2),andin
particularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No1667/97(4),
opensandprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,
originatinginCyprus,Egypt,Israel,Malta,Moroccoand
theWestBankandtheGazaStrip;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EC)No2649/97(*)
fixestheCommunityproducerandimportpricesfor
carnationsandrosesfortheapplicationoftheimport
arrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2062/97Q,lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(u);
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
small-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbere-established ;
Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1Januaryto31December1998;whereas,asa
result,thesuspensionofthepreferentialdutyandthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapply
uptotheendofthatperiodatthelatest;
Whereas,inbetweenmeetingsoftheManagement
Committee,theCommissionmustadoptsuchmeasures,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsrael,the
preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)No
1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1998.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1997.
FortheCommission
HansVANDENBROEK
MemberoftheCommission
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