NoL328/78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.11.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3491/91
of29November 1991
reintroducing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmanner,pricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraph ofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/8517),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(*),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythe
coefficientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EEC)
No1551/91wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3272/91(');
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthefirstparagraphofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No4088/87ismetforsmall-flowered rosesoriginatingin
Israel;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)No1551/91(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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2995/91(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangements forimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(ONcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
1551/91isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30November
1991. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
OOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
I3)OJNoL144,8.6.1991,p.3.
(4)OJNoL285,15.10.1991,p.18.
4OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.f)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.
(»OJNoL308,9.11.1991,p.38. (<)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission