NoL18/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.1.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No155/91
of23January1991
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered roses
originatinginMorocco
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmannerpricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraph ofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2205/90(8),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined ,multipliedbythe
coefficientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforlarge­
floweredrosesoriginatinginMoroccobyRegulation
(EEC)No728/90wassuspendedbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No94/91(9);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthefirstindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetforlarge-flowered rosesoriginatingin
Morocco;whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyshould
bereintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
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)No728/90(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively ;
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;
Whereas,Article2(3)ofthatRegulationstipulatesthatin
theabsenceofavailablepricequotations,thepreferential
customsdutyshallbereintroducediftherearenoprices
forsixsuccessiveworkingdaysfromthedatethemeasure
wasapplied;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3129/90(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodes06031011
andex06031051)originatinginMoroccothe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
728/90isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24January
1991. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
OOJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.0OJNoL81,28.3.1990,p.7.
(4)OJNoL299,30.10.1990,p.26. OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.
OOJNoL11,16.1.1991,p.14.0OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(4OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.

24.1.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL18/9
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23January1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission