19.1.96 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL14/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No72/96
of18January1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)
carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No1068/93(10),asamendedby
Regulation(EC)No2853/95(n);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EC)No1981/94wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No13/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetformultiflorous (spray)carnations
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,THECOMMISSION 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)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3057/95(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2524/95(*)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(%as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93f),laidHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EC)No
1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19January
1996.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
2OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
(<)OJNoL326,30.12.1995.0OJNoL258,28.10.1995,p.42.4OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
OOJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(,0)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.96.
(")OJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.
(n)OJNoL3,5.1.1996,p.6. 0OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.

NoL14/22EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.1.96
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18January1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission