NoL4/4EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.1.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No9197
of7January1997
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofuniflorous(standard)
carnationsoriginatinginMorocco
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(10),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
1482/96(u);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
uniflorous(standard)carnationsoriginatinginMoroccoby
Regulation (EC)No1981/94wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No2440/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforuniflorous (standard)carnations
originatinginMorocco;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ;
Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1November1996to31October1997;whereas,as
aresult,thesuspensionofthepreferentialdutyandthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapply
uptotheendofthatperiodatthelatest,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
539/96(2),andlastinparticularArticle5(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)No2397/96(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)No1985/96O
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93f),laidHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofuniflorous(standard)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginMorocco
thepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyamendedRegulation
(EC)No1981/94isreintroduced .
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3OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
*)OJNoL327,18.12.1996,p.1.
J)OJNoL264,17.10.1996,p.14.
6OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
AOJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
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Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8January1997.
Itshallapplyuntil31October1997atthelatest.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7January1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission