NoL57/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.2.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No494/89
of27February1989
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-introducing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered rosesoriginatinginMorocco
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3557/88f)
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88('),laysdown
thedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthearrangements ;
Whereas,inordertoenablethearrangements tooperate
normally,thefollowingshouldbeusedforthecalculation
oftheimportprices:
—forthecurrencieswhicharemaintainedagainstone
anotherwithinamaximumspreadatanygiven
momentforspotratetransactionsof2,25%,a
conversionratebasedontheircentralrateadjustedby
thecorrectingfactorprovidedforinthelast
subparagraph ofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(l0),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/87(■■);
—fortheothercurrencies,aconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesforthe
currency,asrecordedoveragivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesreferredtointhepreceding
indent,andtheabovementioned factor;
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
largefloweredrosesoriginatinginMorocco;whereasthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbere-introduced ,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)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3005/88(3),(EEC)
No3175/880,(EEC)No3552/880and(EEC)No
4078/88(*)openandprovidefortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,
fresh,originatinginCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael
respectively ;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87
provides,ontheonehand,thatforagivenproductofa
givenorigin,thepreferentialcustomsdutyistobe
applicableonlyifthepriceoftheimportedproductisat
leastequalto85%oftheCommunityproducerprice;
whereas,ontheotherhand,thepreferentialcustomsduty
is,exceptinexceptionalcases,suspendedandthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyintroducedforagiven
productofagivenorigin:
(a)if,ontwosuccessivemarketdays,thepricesofthe
importedproductarelessthan85%ofthe
Communityproducerpriceinrespectofatleast30%
ofthequantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableon
representative importmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedaysHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodeex
06031051),originatinginMorocco,thepreferential
customsdutyfixedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3552/88isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyre-introducedfrom1March1989.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1989.
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(3)OJNoL271,1.10.1988,p.7.OOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.9.
(»)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.oOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.HOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27February1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission