NoL94/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities16.4.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No929/91
of15April1991
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofuniflorous (standard)carnationsoriginating
inIsrael '
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(%laysdown
thedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthearrangements ;
Whereas,inordertoenablethearrangements tooperate
normally,thefollowingshouldbeusedforthecalculation
oftheimportprices:
—forthecurrencieswhicharemaintainedagainstone
anotherwithinamaximumspreadatanygiven
momentforspotratetransactionsof2,25%,a
conversionratebasedontheircentralrateadjustedby
thecorrectingfactorprovidedforinthelast
subparagraph ofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/90(8),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythe
coefficientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
uniflorous(standard)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael;
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
reintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No728/90(3)opened
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87
provides,ontheonehand,thatforagivenproductofa
givenorigin,thepreferentialcustomsdutyistobe
applicableonlyifthepriceoftheimportedproductisat
leastequalto85%oftheCommunityproducerprice;
whereas,ontheotherhand,thepreferentialcustomsduty
is,exceptinexceptionalcases,suspendedandthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyintroducedforagiven
productofagivenorigin:
(a)if,ontwosuccessivemarketdays,thepricesofthe
importedproductarelessthan85%ofthe
Communityproducerpriceinrespectofatleast30%
ofthequantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableon
representative importmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representative importmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No3129/90(4)
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofuniflorous(standard)carnations(CNcode
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsrael,the
preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No728/90isherebysuspendedandtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyisherebyreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17April1991.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.0OJNoL81,28.3.1990,p.7.0OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(6)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(»)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9. (4)OJNoL299,30.10.1990,p.26.

16.4.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL94/9
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15April1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission