NoL133/8EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.5.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No926/97
of23May1997
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatingin
Israel
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representative importmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
539/96(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,WhereasCommissionRegulation (EC)No1985/960
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2917/93Q,lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
arrangements ;WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge-
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers; WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommission Regulation
(EEC)No1068/93(l0),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(");WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No592/97(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively ;
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael;
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
re-established ;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,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1January1997to31December1997;whereas,as
aresult,thesuspensionofthepreferentialdutyandthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapply
uptotheendofthatperiodatthelatest,
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24.5.97PENI OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL133/9
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsrael,the
preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)No1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24May1997
andisapplicableuntil31December1997atthelatest.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission