EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 4. 1999 L 91/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 721/1999
of 6 April 1999
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
Customs Tariff duty on imports of small-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 and theWest Bank and the Gaza Strip;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 720/1999 (
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), lays
down 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 small-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 to 31 December 1998; whereas, as aresult, 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 small-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 8 April 1999.
(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. (6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(5) See page 3 of this Official Journal (7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 4. 1999 L 91/6
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 6 April 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission