EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7.3.2000 L 60/20
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/2000
of 6 March 2000
suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff 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 application of prefer-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 lays down the conditions
for applying a preferential duty on large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations andmultiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariffquotas opened annually for imports into theCommunity of fresh cut flowers.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2530/1999 (4),
opens and provides for the administration ofCommunity tariff quotas for cut flowers and flowerbuds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta,Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 497/2000 (5) fixes the
Community producer and import prices for carnationsand roses for the application of the import arrange-ments.(4) 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.
(5) On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations(EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must beconcluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(2)of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of thepreferential customs duty are met for multiflorous(spray) carnations originating in Israel. The CommonCustoms Tariff duty should be re-established.
(6) The quota for the products in question covers the period1 January to 31 December 1999; whereas, as a result,the suspension of the preferential duty and the reintro-duction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply upto the end of that period at the latest.
(7) In between meetings of the Management Committee, theCommission must adopt such measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
ex 0603 10 20 originating in Israel, the preferential customsduty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby suspendedand the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 March 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.
(4) OJ L 306, 1.12.1999, p. 17. (6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(5) See page 18 of this Official Journal. (7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1999, p. 71.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7.3.2000 L 60/21
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 March 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission