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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2529/1999
of 30 November 1999
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty
on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating 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, Morocco, the West Bank and GazaStrip(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97(2),
and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
(1)Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down theconditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnationswithin the limit of tariff quotas opened annually forimports into the Community of fresh cut flowers;
(2)WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No650/98(4),
opens and provides for the administration ofCommunity tariff quotas for cut flowers and flowerbuds, fresh, originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel,Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the GazaStrip, Tunisia and Turkey;
(3)Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(5),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2062/97(6),lays
down the detailed rules for the application of thearrangements;
(4)WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2528/1999(7)
fixes the Community producer and import prices forcarnations and roses for the application of the import
arrangements;
(5)Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant toRegulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, itmust be concluded that the conditions laid down inArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87forsuspen-sion of the preferential customs duty are met for multi-florous (spray) carnations originating in Morocco;whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should bere-established;
(6)Whereas the quota for the products in question coverstheperiod1November1999to31May2000;whereas,as a result, the suspension of the preferential duty andthe reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff dutyapply up to the end of that period at the latest;
(7)Whereas, in between meetings of the ManagementCommittees, the Commission must adopt such meas-ures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
ex 06031013 and ex 06031053) originating in Morocco,the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustomsTariffduty is hereby re-established.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 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) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.
(7) See page 13 of this Official Journal.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 November 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission