EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3. 98 L 90/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 659/98
of 24 March 1998
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) 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 and Moroccoand the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (
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 lays down the
conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flow-ered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carna-tions and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limitof tariff quotas opened annually for imports into theCommunity of fresh cut flowers;
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 cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, origin-ating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and theWest Bank and the Gaza Strip;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/98 (
5) fixes
the Community producer and import prices for carna-tions and roses for the application of the import arrange-ments;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (
6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), lays
down the detailed rules for the application of the arrange-ments;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (
8), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used toconvert amounts expressed in third country currencies
and are used as the basis for determining the agriculturalconversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;whereas detailed rules on the application and determina-tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (
10), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1482/96 (11);
Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, itmust be concluded that the conditions laid down inArticle 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspen-sion of the preferential customs duty are met foruniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel;whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should bere-established;
Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
period 1 January to 31 December 1998; whereas, as aresult, the suspension of the preferential duty and thereintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty applyup to the end of that period at the latest;
Whereas, in between meetings of the Management
Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN codes
ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel,the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC)No 1981/94 is hereby suspended and the CommonCustoms Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 March 1998.(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 32 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. (10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(9) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1. (11) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3. 98 L 90/35
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 24 March 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission