NoL179/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.7.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1987/90
of11July1990
reintroducing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmanner,pricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85f),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1636/87(8),
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrateofthe
currency,recordedforagivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesindicatedinthepreceding
indentandoftheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EEC)
No2396/89wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No543/90(»);
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
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,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)No1387/90(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
2396/89isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12July1990.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.0OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(«)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.oOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(*)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.0OJNoL56,3.3.1990,p.7.(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.0OJNoL227,4.8.1989,p.9.0OJNoL133,24.5.1990,p.37.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11July1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission