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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No3476/93
of17December 1993
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/920areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencieswhereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(8);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EEC)
No2604/93wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EC)No3110/93(9);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastsubparagraphofArticle2(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No4088/87ismetforsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2604/93(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
WhereasArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
stipulatesthatthepreferentialcustomsdutyshallbe
re-establishedforagivenproductofagivenoriginifthe
pricesoftheimportedproduct(fullratecustomsdutynot
deducted)are,foratleast70%ofthequantitiesforwhich
pricesareavailableonrepresentativeCommunityimport
markets,notlessthan85%oftheCommunityproducer
priceforaperiod,calculatedfromtheactualdateof
suspensionoftheactualpreferentialcustomsduty,
—oftwosuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspension
pursuanttoArticle2(2)(a)ofthatRegulation,
—ofthreesuccessivemarketdays,aftersuspension
pursuanttoArticle2(2)(b)ofthatRegulation;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2890/93(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88O,as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/930,laidHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodes
ex06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsrael
thepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
2604/93isre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18December
1993. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL239,24.9.1993,p.1.
(4)OJNoL263,22.10.1993,p.10.
HOJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
V)OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.OOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(8)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
OOJNoL278,11.11.1993,p.46.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission