23.2.96 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL45/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No320/96
of22February1996
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael
ofthequantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableon
representative importmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representative importmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2524/95(*)
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(®),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2917/93Q,lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No2853/95(n);
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87forTHECOMMISSION 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(bloorr^
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3057/95(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration 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%0OJNoL258,28.10.1995,p.42.
(6)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.0OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.
(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
("OJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
4OJNoL326,30.12.1995,p.3.

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preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)No
1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyre-established .suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
small-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbere-established ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsrael,theArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23February
1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22February1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission