NoL179/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.7.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1985/90
of11July1990
re-establishing thepreferential customsdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)
carnations originating inIsrael
Whereastopermittheimportarrangements tofunction
inthenormalmannerpricesonimportation shouldbe
calculated using:
—forcurrenciesmaintained againsteachotherwithina
maximum spreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactions of2,25%aconversion ratebasedon
theircentralratemultiplied bythecorrecting factor
providedforinthelastsubparagraph ofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1676/85f7),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1636/87(8),
—forothercurrencies aconversion ratebasedonthe
arithmetic meanofthespotmarketrateofthe
currency,recordedforagivenperiod,=againstthe
Community currencies indicated inthepreceding
indentandoftheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereas thepreferential customsdutyfixedfor
multiflorous (spray)carnations originating inIsraelby
Regulation (EEC)No2396/89wassuspended by
Commission Regulation (EEC)No1075/90(9);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordings madeas
specifiedinRegulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcluded thattherequirement for
reintroduction ofthepreferential customsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
4088/87ismetformultiflorous (spray)carnations
originating inIsrael;whereasthepreferential customs
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No4088/87
of21December 1987fixingconditions forthe
application ofpreferential customsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginating inCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),asamended byRegulation (EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticular Article5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplication ofapreferential customsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnations andmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2396/89(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunity tariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
WhereasArticle2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87
stipulates thatthepreferential customsdutyshallbe
reintroduced foragivenproductofagivenoriginifthe
pricesoftheimportedproduct(fullratecustomsdutynot
deducted)are,foratleast70%ofthequantitiesforwhich
pricesareavailableonrepresentative Community import
markets,notlessthan85%oftheCommunity producer
priceforaperiod,calculated fromtheactualdateof
suspension oftheactualpreferential customsduty,
—oftwosuccessive marketdays,aftersuspension under
Article2(2)(a)ofthatRegulation ,
—ofthreesuccessive marketdays,aftersuspension
underArticle2(2)(b)ofthatRegulation ;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No1387/90(4)
fixedCommunity producerpricesforcarnations androses
forapplication ofthearrangements forimportation from
thecountries inquestion ;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3556/88f6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplication ofthesearrangements ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations (CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originating inIsraelthe
preferential customsdutysetbyRegulation (EEC)No
2396/89isreintroduced .
Article 2
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon12July1990. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
OOJNoL227,4.8.1989,p.9.
(4)OJNoL133,24.5.1990,p.37.
OOJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(4OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(')OJNoL108,28.4.1990,p.68.

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ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11July1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission