EN Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 1. 1999 L 7/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 74/1999
of 12 January 1999
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
Customs Tariff duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certainflowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Moroccoand the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (
1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular
Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the
conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flow-ered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carna-tions and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limitof tariff quotas opened annually for imports into theCommunity of fresh cut flowers;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (
3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),
opens and provides for the administration of Communitytariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, origin-ating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the WestBank and the Gaza Strip respectively;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/1999 (
5)
fixes the Community producer and import prices forcarnations and roses for the application of the importarrangements;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (
6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laysdown the detailed rules for the application of the arrange-
ments;
Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, itmust be concluded that the conditions laid down inArticle 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspen-sion of the preferential customs duty are met for large-flowered roses originating in Israel; whereas the CommonCustoms Tariff duty should be re-established;
Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
period 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999; whereas, asa result, the suspension of the preferential duty and thereintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty applyup to the end of that period at the latest;
Whereas, in between meetings of the Management
Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For imports of large-flowered roses (CN codes ex
0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel, thepreferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No1981/94 is hereby suspended and the Common CustomsTariff duty is hereby re-established.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 January
1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 12 January 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 88, 24. 3. 1998, p. 8.
(5) See page 4 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.