L349/52 IEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.12.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2559/97
of18December 1997
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-establishing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofuniflorous (standard)carnationsoriginating
inMorocco
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordan,
Morocco,theWestBankandGazaStrip('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1300/97(2),andin
particularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No1667/97(4),
opensandprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,
originatinginAlgeria,Cyprus,Egypt,Israel,Jordan,
Malta,Morocco,theWestBankandtheGazaStrip,
TunisiaandTurkey;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2062/97(*■),lays
downthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
arrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2558/97Q
fixestheCommunityproducerandimportpricesfor
carnationsandrosesfortheapplicationoftheimport
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedtoconvertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(n);
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations (EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
uniflorous(standard)carnationsoriginatinginMorocco;
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
re-established ;
Whereasthequotafortheproductsinquestioncoversthe
period1November1997to31October1998;whereas,as
aresult,thesuspensionofthepreferentialdutyandthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapply
uptotheendofthatperiodatthelatest;
Whereas,inbetweenmeetingsoftheManagement
Committees ,theCommissionmustadoptsuchmeasures,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofuniflorous(standard)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginMorocco,
thepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyRegulation(EC)
No1981/94isherebysuspendedandtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyisherebyre-established .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
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