17.7.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL174/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1928/93
of16July1993
reintroducingthepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
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,WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(5),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/920areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencieswhereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(8);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EEC)
No3341/92wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No428/93(9);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastsubparagraphofArticle2(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No4088/87ismetforsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3341/92(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersand3129/90buds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :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 ;Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcode
ex06031011)originatinginIsraelthepreferential
customsdutysetbyRegulation (EEC)No3341/92is
reintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17July1993.WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1122/93(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangements forimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
(5)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(6)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.
(7)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(8)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
OOJNoL48,26.2.1993,p.42.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
OOJNoL336,20.11.1992,p.8.
(4)OJNoL114,8.5.1993,p.14.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16July1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission