17.6.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL168/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1717/89
of16June1989
reintroducing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered roses
originatinginMorocco
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88('),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmannerpricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85(10),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1636/87(n),
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrateofthe
currency,recordedforagivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesindicatedinthepreceding
indentandoftheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforlarge­
floweredrosesoriginatinginMoroccobyRegulation
(EEC)No3552/88wassuspendedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No1330/89(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastparagraphofArticle2(3)relativetothe
absenceofavailablepricequotationsforsixsuccessive
workingdaysismetforlarge-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-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulations (EEC)No3005/88(3),
(EEC)No3175/88(4),(EEC)No3552/88(*)and(EEC)No
4078/88f5)openandprovidefortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,
fresh,originatinginCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael
respectively ;
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;
Whereas,Article2(3)ofthatRegulationstipulatesthatin
theabsenceofavailablepricequotations,thepreferential
customsdutyshallbereintroducediftherearenoprices
forsixsuccessiveworkingdaysfromthedatethemeasure
wasapplied.
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1550/890
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandrosesHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginMorocco
thepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
3552/88isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17June1989.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL271,1.10.1988,p.7.
(4)OJNoL283,18.10.1988,p.1.
OOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.2.0OJNoL359,28.12.1988,p.8.0OJNoL151,3.6.1989,p.32.(8)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(')OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.
(10)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(»)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(n)OJNoL133,17.5.1989,p.22.

NoL168/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.6.89
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16June1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission