OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL309/15 26.10.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3193/89
of25October1989
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-introducing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatingin
Israel
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1550/89Q
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88('),laysdown
thedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthearrangements ;
Whereas,inordertoenablethearrangements tooperate
normally,thefollowingshouldbeusedforthecalculation
oftheimportprices:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
forthecurrencieswhicharemaintainedagainstone
anotherwithinamaximumspreadatanygiven
momentforspotratetransactionsof2,25%,a
conversionratebasedontheircentralrateadjustedby
thecorrectingfactorprovidedforinthelast
subparagraph ofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/87(•>),
fortheothercurrencies,aconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesforthe
currency,asrecordedoveragivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesreferredtointhepreceding
indent,andtheabovementioned factor;WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3005/88(3),(EEC)
No3175/88(4),(EEC)No3552/88(0and(EEC)No
4078/88(*)openandprovidefortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,
fresh,originatinginCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael
respectively ;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87
provides,ontheonehand,thatforagivenproductofa
givenorigin,thepreferentialcustomsdutyistobe
applicableonlyifthepriceoftheimportedproductisat
leastequalto85%oftheCommunityproducerprice;
whereas,ontheotherhand,thepreferentialcustomsduty
is,exceptinexceptionalcases,suspendedandthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyintroducedforagiven
productofagivenorigin:Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael;
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
reintroduced ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :(a)if,ontwosuccessivemarketdays,thepricesofthe
importedproductarelessthan85%ofthe
Communityproducerpriceinrespectofatleast30%
ofthequantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableon
representative importmarkets;
orArticle1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsrael,the
preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No4078/88isherebysuspendedandtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyisherebyreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27October
1989.(b)it,overaperiodotlivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL271,1.10.1988,p.7.
(4)OJNoL283,18.10.1988,p.1.0OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.2.
0OJNoL359,28.12.1988,p.8.0OJNoL151,3.6.1989,p.32.
(«)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
0OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.
HOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(")OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

NoL309/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.10.89
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25October1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission