EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 2. 1999 L 36/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 291/1999
of 9 February 1999
re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray)
carnations originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certainflowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan andMorocco (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/
97 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
for the application of a preferential customs duty onlarge-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnationswithin the limit of tariff quotas opened annually forimports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (
3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),
opens and provides for the administration of Communitytariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria,Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the WestBank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, andproviding detailed rules for extending and adapting thesetariff quotas;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 290/1999 (
5)
fixed Community producer prices for carnations and rosesfor application of the arrangements for importation fromthe countries in question;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (
6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laiddown detailed rules for the application of these arrange-
ments;
Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for multi-
florous (spray) carnations originating in Israel by Regula-tion (EC) No 1981/94 was suspended by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 72/1999 (
8);
Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-
fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement forreintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid downin the last indent of Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No4088/87 is met for multiflorous (spray) carnations origin-ating in Israel; whereas the preferential customs dutyshould be reintroduced;
Whereas in between meetings of the Management
Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN
codes ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating inIsrael the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC)No 1981/94 is reintroduced.
2. Regulation (EC) No 721/1999 is hereby repealed.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February
1999.(1) OJ L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 88, 24. 3. 1998, p. 8.
(5) See page 6 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 264, 23. 10. 1993, p. 33. (8) OJ L 7, 13. 1. 1999, p. 8.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 9 February 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission