23.11.W OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL340/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3496/89
of22November1989
reintroducingthepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofsmall-flowered roses
originatinginIsrael
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(5),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laiddown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesearrangements ;
Whereastopermittheimportarrangementstofunction
inthenormalmanner,pricesonimportationshouldbe
calculatedusing:
—forcurrenciesmaintainedagainsteachotherwithina
maximumspreadatanygivenmomentforspotrate
transactionsof2,25%aconversionratebasedon
theircentralratemultipliedbythecorrectingfactor
providedforinthelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1636/87(8),
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrateofthe
currency,recordedforagivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesindicatedinthepreceding
indentandoftheaforesaidcoefficient ;
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsraelbyRegulation(EEC)
No2396/89oftheCouncilwassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3128/89(');
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthefirstindentofArticle2(3)ismetforsmall­
floweredrosesoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthe
preferentialcustomsdutyshouldbereintroduced ,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 ;
WhereasCouncilRegulations(EEC)No2396/89(3),open
andprovidefortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael;
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)No3327/89(4)
fixedCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsandroses
forapplicationofthearrangementsforimportationfrom
thecountriesinquestion;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofsmall-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyRegulation(EEC)No
2396/89isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23November
1989.
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(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
0OJNoL227,4.8.1989,p.9.
4OJNoL151,3.6.1989,p.32. 0OJNoL301,19.10.1989,p.17.

NoL340/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.11.89
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22November1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission