NoL18/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.1.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No153/89
of22January1990
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered roses
originatinginMorocco
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmannerpricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85f),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1636/87(8),
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrateofthe
currency,recordedforagivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesindicatedinthepreceding
indentandoftheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginMoroccobyRegulation
(EEC)No2396/89wassuspendedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No42/90(');
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthefirstindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforsmall-flowered rosesoriginatingin
Morocco;whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyshould
bereintroduced ,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,
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;-
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2396/89(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration 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(EEC)No3327/89(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangements forimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(*),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcode
ex06031051)originatinginMoroccothepreferential
customsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No2396/89is
reintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23January
1990. 0)OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.0OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL227,4.8.1989,p.9.
(4)OJNoL321,4.11.1989,p.41.
OOJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(6)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(*)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.0OJNoL7,10.1.1990,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22January1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission