18.3.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL66/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No617/93
of17March1993
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsingle-flower
(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
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,WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/880,as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92f7)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3819/92(8);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsingle­
flower(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No3341/92wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3406/92(9);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforsingle-flower (standard)carnations
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,WhereatsRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3341/92(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1WhereasArticle2(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;Forimportsofsingle-flower (standard)carnations(CN
codeex06031053)originatinginIsraelthepreferential
customsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No3341/92is
reintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18March1993.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/92(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
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(s)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.
OOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.0OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL336,20.11.1992,p.8.
(4)OJNoL298,14.10.1992,p.9.(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.17.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17March1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission