21.7.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL209/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2194/89
of20July1989
reintroducingthepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)
carnationsoriginatinginMorocco
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(9),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmannerpricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraph ofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85(l0),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1636/87(n),
:—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrateofthe
currency,recordedforagivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesindicatedinthepreceding
indentandoftheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginMoroccoby
Regulation (EEC)No3552/88wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1405/89(>2);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastparagraphofArticle2(3)relativetothe
absenceofavailablepricequotations 'forsixsuccessive
workingdaysismetformultiflorous (spray)carnations
originatinginMorocco;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,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)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulations (EEC)No3005/88(J),
(EEC)No3175/88(4),(EEC)No3552/880and(EEC)No
4078/88(6)openandprovidefortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,
fresh,originatinginCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael
respectively ;
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 ;
Whereas,Article2(3)ofthatRegulationstipulatesthatin
theabsenceofavailablepricequotations,thepreferential
customsdutyshallbereintroducediftherearenoprices
forsixsuccessiveworkingdaysfromthedatethemeasure
wasapplied;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1550/89(7)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandrosesHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginMorocco
thepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
3552/88isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21July1989.
(*)OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(')OJNoL271,1.10.1988,p.7.
(4)OJNoL283,18.10.1988,p.1.
OOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.2.
(«)OJNoL359,28.12.1988,p.8.0OJNoL151,3.6.1989,p.32.HOJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
OOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.HOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(")OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(,2)OJNoL140,24.5.1989,p.33.

NoL209/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.7.89
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20July1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission