3.1.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL1/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No5/91
of2January1991
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)
carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
Whereastopermittheimportarrangements tofunction
inthenormalmannerpricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(8),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythe
coefficientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EEC)No728/90wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3329/90(');
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
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco(l),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(EEC)No728/90(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration 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(EEC)No3129/90(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
728/90isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3January1991. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL81,28.3.1990,p.7.
(<)OJNoL299,30.10.1990,p.26.0OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(«)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.if)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.
')OJNoL320,20.11.1990,p.22.

NoL1/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.1.91
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein.allMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2January1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission