NoL317/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.12.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No3475/93
of17December 1993
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92Qareusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermi­
nationoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommission
Regulation(EEC)No1068/93(8);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforlarge­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EEC)
No2604/93wassuspendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EC)No3109/93(9);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementforthe
re-establishment ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaid
downinthelastparagraphofArticle2(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No4088/87ismetforlarge-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
pursuanttounderArticle2(2)(b)ofthatRegulation;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2890/93(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93(f),laidHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
2604/93isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18December
1993. (')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
P)OJNoL239,24.9.1993,p.1.
(4)OJNoL263,22.10.1993,p.10.
(*)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(«OJNoL264,23.10.1993,p.33.0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(8)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.0OJNoL278,11.11.1993,p.44.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission