NoL34/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.2.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No293/93
of9February1993
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-introducing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatingin
Morocco
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/92(4)
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laysdown
thedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthearrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92Qareusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencieswhereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3819/92(8);
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginMorocco;
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
reintroduced ,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3341/92(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
provides,ontheonehand,thatforagivenproductofa
givenorigin,thepreferentialcustomsdutyistobe
applicableonlyifthepriceoftheimportedproductisat
leastequalto85%oftheCommunityproducerprice;
whereas,ontheotherhand,thepreferentialcustomsduty
is,exceptinexceptionalcases,suspendedandthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyintroducedforagiven
productofagivenorigin:
(a)if,ontwosuccessivemarketdays,thepricesofthe
importedproductarelessthan85%ofthe
Communityproducerpriceinrespectofatleast30%
ofthequantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableon
representative importmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedaysHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcode
ex06031053)originatinginMorocco,thepreferential
customsdutyfixedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3341/92isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10February
1993.
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(6)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.oOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1. (2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.0OJNoL336,20.11.1992,p.8. (8OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.17.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9February1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission