8.2.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL30/45
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No238/96
of7February1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsingle-flower
(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(*),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No1068/93(10),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No2853/95(■');
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsingle­
flower(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EC)No1981/94wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No89/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforsingle-flower (standard)carnations
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
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(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3057/95(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2524/95(*)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93Q,laidHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsingle-flower (standard)carnations(CN
codesex06031013andex06031053)originatingin
IsraelthepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EC)
No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8February1996.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
(<)OJNoL326,30.12.1995,p.3.0OJNoL258,28.10.1995,p.42.
(6)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.0OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(')OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(10)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(")OJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.
(I2OJNoL17,23.1.1996,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7February1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission