NoL158/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.6.94
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1464/94
of24June1994
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatingin
Israel
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1168/94(4)
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93(6),lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92Q,as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(8),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1068/93(9),asamendedby
Regulation(EC)No547/94(10);
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael;
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
re-established ,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)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2604/93(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,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsrael,the
preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2604/93isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25June1994.
(4)OJNoL130,25.5.1994,p.21.
OOJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(6)OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.oOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(8)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
(9)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(,0)OJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
OOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
3OJNoL239,24.9.1993,p.1.

25.6.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL158/13
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24June1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission