2.2.96 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL26/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No190/96
of1February1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)
carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2524/95(*)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(6),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93Q,laid
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1068/93(10),asamendedby
Regulation(EC)No2853/95(u);THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
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 ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3057/95(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 ;Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EC)No1981/94wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No89/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetformultiflorous (spray)carnations
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,
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NoL26/2EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.2.96
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodesex06031013and
ex06031053)originatinginIsraelthepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EC)
No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon2February1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1February1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission