L296/18EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.10.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2128/97
of29October1997
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofuniflorous(standard)carnationsoriginating
inMorocco
whereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2062/97Q,lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92f),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(l0),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(■>);
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
uniflorous(standard)carnationsoriginatinginMorocco,
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
re-established ;
Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1November1996to31October1997;whereas,as
aresult,thesuspensionofthepreferentialdutyandthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapply
uptotheendofthatperiodatthelatest,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordan,
Morocco,theWestBankandGazaStrip('),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),
openedandprovidesfortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,
fresh,originatinginCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
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
representativeimportmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No989/97(*)fixes
theCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
fortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofuniflorous(standard)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginMorocco,
thepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)
No1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyisherebyre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30October
1997.
Itshallapplyuntil31October1997atthelatest.
(6)OJL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
OOJL289,22.10.1997,p.1.
(s)OJL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(,0)OJL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
"OJL188,27.7.1996,p.22.(')OJL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJL177,5.7.1997,p.1.
(3)OJL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
(<)OJL236,27.8.1997,p.3.0OJL141,31.5.1997,p.71.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29October1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission