NoL179/42fENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.7.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1394/96
of17July1996
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No667/96(*)fixes
theCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
fortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/930,lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95f),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(l0),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No2853/95(");
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
small-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbere-established ;
Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1November1995to31October1996;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),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1099/96(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively ,
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
representativeimportmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsrael,the
preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)No
1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18July1996
andisapplicableuntil31October1996atthelatest.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17July1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission