NoL44/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.2.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No422/90
of19February1990
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered roses
originatinginMorocco
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmannerpricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythe-correctingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1636/87(®),
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrateofthe
currency,recordedforagivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesindicatedinthepreceding
indentandoftheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforlarge­
floweredrosesoriginatinginMoroccobyRegulation
(EEC)No2396/89wassuspendedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No363/90(9);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthefirstindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforlarge-flowered rosesoriginatingin
Morocco;whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyshould
bereintroduced ,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 ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2396/89(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration 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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3327/89(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(%laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcode
ex06031051)originatinginMoroccothepreferential
customsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No2396/89is
reintroduced .
Article2
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1990. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
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OOJNoL227,4.8.1989,p.9.
(4)OJNoL321,4.11.1989,p.41.0OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(«)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(»)OJNoL39,13.2.1990,p.19.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19February1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission .