NoL28/16fENI OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.2.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No218/96
of5February1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)
carnationsoriginatinginMorocco
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(%as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93Q,laid
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3551/88(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,whereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No1068/93(10),asamendedby
Regulation(EC)No2853/95(");WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3057/95(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginMoroccoby
Regulation (EC)No1981/94wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No117/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetformultiflorous (spray)carnations
originatinginMorocco;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ;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;Whereasithasbeenfoundthatthesuspensionofthe
preferentialcustomsdutyreferredtoinRegulation(EC)
No117/96wasbasedonincorrectinformationfurnished
byaMemberState;whereas,therefore,thisRegulation
shouldbemaderetroactivesoastoreestablishthe
preferentialdutywitheffectfrom25January1996,WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2524/95(*)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
(É)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
QOJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.
(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
OINoL22.31.1.1995.D.1.(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
2OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.(jOJNoL326,30.12.1995,p.3.
toOJNoL258,28.10.1995,p.42.(10)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.96.
(")OJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.MOJNoL19,25.1.1996,p.36.

6.2.96 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL28/17
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcodesex06031013and
ex06031053)originatinginMoroccothepreferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation
(EC)No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon6February1996.
Itshallapplyfrom25January1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5February1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission