EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 8. 1999 L 210/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1762/1999
of 9 August 1999
re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in
Israel
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
December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer-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 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) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),
opens and provides for the administration ofCommunity tariff quotas for certain products originatingin Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bankand the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providingdetailed rules for extending and adapting these tariffquotas;
(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1761/1999 (5)
fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-tions and roses for application of the arrangements forimportation from the countries in question;
(4) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laiddown detailed rules for the application of these arrange-
ments;
(5) Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small-flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC)No 1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regulation(EC) No 1155/1999 (
8);
(6) Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement forreintroduction of the preferential customs duty laiddown in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 ismet for small-flowered roses originating in Israel;whereas the preferential customs duty should be reintro-duced;
(7) Whereas in between meetings of the ManagementCommittee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes
ex 0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel thepreferential customs duty set by amended Regulation (EC) No1981/94 is reintroduced.
2. Regulation (EC) No 1155/1999 is hereby repealed.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 August 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 8 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 139, 2.6.1999, p. 20.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 August 1999.
For the Commission
Monika WULF-MATHIES
Member of the Commission