16.4.97 IEN1OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL99/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No645/97
of15April1997
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsingle-flower
(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1985/96(*)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/930,
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
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(l0),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(");THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
539/96(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)No592/97(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;Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsingle­
flower(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EC)No1981/94wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No617/97f2);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforsingle-flower (standard)carnations
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,
(5)OJNoL264,17.10.1996,p.14.
(6)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
OOJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.
(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
OOJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(")OJNoL188,27.7.1996,p.22.
(,2)OJNoL94,9.4.1997,p.9.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL79,29.3.1996,p.6.
OOJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
(4)OJNoL89,4.4.1997,p.1.

NoL99/2EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.4.97
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsingle-flower (standard)carnations(CN
codesex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsraelthepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyamended
Regulation(EC)No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16April1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15April1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission