10.11.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL311/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3244/90
of9November 1990
reintroducing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmanner,pricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(*),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythe
coefficientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfo.small­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EEC)
No2396/89wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2976/90Q;
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthefirstparagraphofArticle2(3)relativetothe
absenceofavailablepricequotationsforsixsuccessive
workingdaysismetforsmall-flowered rosesoriginating
inIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyshouldbe
reintroduced ,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)No2396/89(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersand3129/90buds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively ;
WhereasArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
stipulatesthatthepreferentialcustomsdutyshallbe
reintroducedforagivenproductofagivenoriginifthe
pricesoftheimportedproduct(fullratecustomsdutynot
deducted)are,foratleast70%ofthequantitiesforwhich
pricesareavailableonrepresentativeCommunityimport
markets,notlessthan85%oftheCommunityproducer
priceforaperiod,calculatedfromtheactualdateof
suspensionoftheactualpreferentialcustomsduty,
—oftwosuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspensionunder
Article2(2)(a)ofthatRegulation,
—ofthreesuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspension
underArticle2(2)(b)ofthatRegulation;
Whereas,Article2(3)ofthatRegulationstipulatesthatin
theabsenceofavailablepricequotations,thepreferential
customsdutyshallbereintroducediftherearenoprices
forsixsuccessiveworkingdaysfromthedatethemeasure
wasapplied;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3129/90(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(0,as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
2396/89isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10November
1990. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(J)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(J)OJNoL227,4.8.1989,p.9.
(4)OJNoL299,30.10.1990,p.26.0OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(•)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.
OOJNoL283,16.10.1990,p.17. (*)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.

NoL311/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.11.90
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9November1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission