NoL19/19 22.1.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No99/97
of21January1997
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatingin
Israel
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
539/96(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1985/96(^
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93Q,lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplication ,ofthe
arrangements ;WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers; WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(");WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No2397/96(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively ,
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael;
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
re-established ;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,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1January1997to31December1997;whereas,as
aresult,thesuspensionofthepreferentialdutyandthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapply
uptotheendofthatperiodatthelatest,
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
2)OJNoL79,29.3.1996,p.6.0OJNoL264,17.10.1996,p.14.
(6)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
OOJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.
(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
OOJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(">)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(")OJNoL188,27.7.1996,p.22.(3)OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
(<OJNoL327,18.12.1996,p.1.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsrael,the
preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)No1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22January1997
andisapplicableuntil31December1997atthelatest.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21January1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission