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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 805/2000
of 17 April 2000
re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations origin-
ating 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
December1987fixingconditionsfortheapplicationofprefer-ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originatingin Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank andthe Gaza Strip(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1300/97(2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions for the
applicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyonlarge-flow-ered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous(spray)carnationswithinthelimit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports offresh cut flowers into the Community.
(2)CouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslastamended
byCommissionRegulation(EC)No563/2000(4),opens
andprovidesfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotas for certain products originating in Algeria,Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the WestBank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, andprovidingdetailedrulesforextendingandadaptingthesetariff quotas.
(3)Commission Regulation (EC) No 804/2000(5) fixed
Community producer and import prices for carnationsand roses for application of the arrangements forimportation from the countries in question.(4)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88(6), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(7), laid down
detailed rules for the application of these arrangements.
(5)The preferential customs duty fixed for multiflorous(spray) carnations originating in Israel by Regulation(EC) No 1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regu-lation (EC) No 498/2000(
8).
(6)On the basis of price recordings made as specified inRegulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88 itmust be concluded that the requirement for reintroduc-tion of the preferential customs duty laid down inArticle2(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87ismetformultiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel. Thepreferential customs duty should be reintroduced.
(7)In between meetings of the Management Committee forLive Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commissionmust adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN code
ex 06031020) originating in Israel the preferential customsduty set by Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is reintroduced.
2. Regulation (EC) No 498/2000 is hereby repealed.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 April 2000.
(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. (6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 46. (7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.
(5) See page 38 of this Official Journal. (8) OJ L 60, 7.3.2000, p. 20.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 April 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission