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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2784/1999
of 27 December 1999
re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations origin-
ating in Morocco
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
December1987fixingconditionsfortheapplicationofprefer-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 last in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
(1)Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditionsfor the application of a preferential customs duty onlarge-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnationswithin the limit of tariff quotas opened annually forimports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;
(2)WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No650/98(4),
opens and provides for the administration ofCommunitytariffquotasforcertainproductsoriginatingin Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bankand the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providingdetailed rules for extending and adapting these tariffquotas;
(3)WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2783/1999(5)
fixedCommunityproducerandimportpricesforcarna-tions and roses for application of the arrangements forimportation from the countries in question;
(4)Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(6),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2062/97(7),laiddowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrange-
ments;
(5)Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed foruniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Moroccoby Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 was suspended byCommission Regulation (EC) No 2530/1999(
8);
(6)Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeasspeci-fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement forreintroduction of the preferential customs duty laiddowninArticle2(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87ismet for uniflorous (standard) carnations originating inMorocco; whereas the preferential customs duty shouldbe reintroduced;
(7)Whereas in between meetings of the ManagementCommittee,theCommissionmustadoptsuchmeasures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Forimportsofuniflorous(standard)carnations(CNcodes
ex 06031013 and ex 06031053) originating in MoroccothepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EC)No1981/94 is reintroduced.
2. Regulation (EC) No 2530/1999 is hereby repealed.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 December 1999.(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 88, 24.3.1998, p. 8.
(5) See page 28 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1. (8) OJ L 306, 1.12.1999, p. 17.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 December 1999.
For the Commission
Margot WALLSTRÖM
Member of the Commission