EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19.4.2001 L 109/44
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 754/2001
of 18 April 2001
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 application of prefer-ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originatingin Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank andthe Gaza Strip (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions
for applying a preferential duty on large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations andmultiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariffquotas opened annually for imports into theCommunity of fresh cut flowers.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 563/2000 (4), opens
and provides for the administration of Community tariffquotas for certain products originating in Algeria,Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the WestBank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey andproviding detailed rules for extending and adapting thesetariff quotas.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 751/2001 (5) fixes the
Community producer and import prices for carnationsand roses for the application of the import arrange-ments.(4) 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.
(5) On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations(EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must beconcluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(3)of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of thepreferential customs duty are met for small-floweredroses originating in Israel. The Common Customs Tariffduty should be re-established.
(6) The quota for the products in question covers the period1 January to 31 December 2001. As a result, thesuspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduc-tion of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up tothe end of that period at the latest.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee forLive Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commissionmust adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For imports of small-flowered roses (CN code ex 0603 10 10)
originating in Israel, the preferential customs duty fixed byRegulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby suspended and theCommon Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 2001.
(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 68, 16.3.2000, p. 46. (6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(5) See page 38 of this Official Journal. (7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19.4.2001 L 109/45
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 April 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission