31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL400/1
I
(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4184/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforcutflowersand
flowerbuds,fresh,fallingwithincode0603ofthecombinednomenclature,originatingin
Jordan(1988)
favourabletariffarrangementsapplyonlytoimportsin
respectofwhichcertainpriceconditionsareobserved;
Whereasitispossiblethatfrom1January1988the
nomenclature usedintheCommonCustomsTariffwillbe
replacedbythecombinednomenclature basedonthe
InternationalConventionontheHarmonizedCommodity
DescriptionandCodingSystem;whereasthisRegulation
takesaccountofthatfactbyusingthecombined
nomenclaturecodeswithinwhichtheproductsconcerned
fall;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensurethatall
Communityimportersenjoyequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterruptedapplication
oftherateslaiddownforthosequotastoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotas
havebeenusedup;whereas,inthepresentcase,itseems
advisablenottoallocatethequotasamongtheMember
States,withoutprejudicetothedrawingagainstthequota
volumesofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,underthe
conditionsandaccordingtotheproceduresspecifiedin
Article1(3);whereasthismethodofadministrationrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beableto
monitortherateatwhichthequotasareusedupandinform
theMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,alltransactionsconcerningtheadministration of
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle2oftheAdditionalProtocoltothe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheHashemiteKingdomofJordan(')
providesthatfreshcutflowersandflowerbuds,falling
withinthecombinednomenclaturecodesappearingin
Article1,originatinginthatcountry,maybeimportedinto
theCommunityatreducedratesofcustomsdutywithinthe
limitsofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof50tonnes;
Whereas,withintheselimits,CommonCustomsTariff
dutiesaretobeabolishedprogressivelyoverthesameperiods
andinaccordancewiththesametimetablesaslaiddownin
Articles75and243oftheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal;whereas,fortheperiod1Januaryto31October
1988,thequotadutiesaretobeequalto62,5%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduties;whereas,withinthelimits
ofthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpainandthePortuguese
Republicaretoapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2573/87of11August1987
layingdownthearrangementsfortradebetweenSpainand
PortugalontheonehandandAlgeria,Egypt,Jordan,
Lebanon,TunisiaandTurkeyontheother(2);whereasthe
tariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedforthe
periodfrom1Januaryto31October1988amounting,by
virtueoftheproratatemporisclause,to41,667tonnesfor
theperiodinquestion;
Whereaslarge-flowered andsmallfloweredrosesand
unifloralandmultifloralcarnationsareonlycoveredbythese
quotassubjecttotheconditionslaiddownbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No4088/87of21December1987
establishingconditionsfortheapplicationofpreferential
customsdutiesonimportsofcertainfloriculturalproducts
originatinginCyprus,IsraelandJordan(3);whereastheseHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31October1988thecustomsduties
applicabletoimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
listedbelow,originatinginJordan,shallbesuspendedatthe
levelandwithinthelimitsofthetariffquota:HOJNoL297,21.10.1987,p.19.
(2)OJNoL250,1.9.1987,p.1.
(3)OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.

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Order
NoCNCode DescriptionVolumeofQuota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1152 06031051
06031053
06031055
06031061
06031065
06031069
06031011
06031013
06031015
06031021
06031025
06031029Cutflowersandflowerbudsofakindsuitablefor
bouquetsorforornamentalpurposes,fresh,dried,dyed,
bleached,impregnatedorotherwiseprepared:
—Fresh:
——From1Novemberto31May
——From1Juneto31October41,667 —From1Januaryto
31May1988:
10
—From1Juneto
31October1988:
15
interruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotasforaslong
astheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumesopermits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproducts
concernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductsare
enteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation.
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshallbe
determinedonthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordance
withparagraph3.Withinthelimitsofthetariffquota,theKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
2573/87.
2.Accesstothetariffquotasreferredtoinparagraph1
maybehaltedforlarge-floweredandsmall-flowered roses
andunifloralandmultifloralcarnationsifitisfoundat
Communitylevelthatthepriceconditionslaiddownby
Regulation(EEC)No4088/87arenotbeingobserved.
Insuchcases,theCommissionshalladoptregulations
re-establishing thedutiesapplicabletotheproductsin
questionand,whereappropriate,re-introducing this
Regulationonthedatesandinrespectoftheproductsand
periodsindicatedintheRegulationsinquestion.
3.Ifanimporterindicatesthataconsignmentofthe
productsinquestionistobeimportedintoaMemberState
andappliestousethequotas,theMemberStateconcerned
shallinformtheCommission anddrawanamount
correspondingtotherequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthequotasopermits.
4.Sharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shallbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod.Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle1(3)areopened
insuchawaythatimportsmaybecharedwithoutArticle5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER