4.4.89 NoL91/29 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No864/89
of3April1989
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-introducing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatingin
Israel
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)No4088/87laysdownthe
conditionsforapplyingapreferentialdutyonlarge­
floweredroses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous(bloom)
carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnationswithinthe
limitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyforimportsintothe
Communityoffreshcutflowers;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3005/88(3),(EEC)
No3175/88(4),(EEC)No3552/88(*)and(EEC)No
4078/88(6)openandprovidefortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,
fresh,originatinginCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsrael
respectively ;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
provides,ontheonehand,thatforagivenproductofa
givenorigin,thepreferentialcustomsdutyistobe
applicableonlyifthepriceoftheimportedproductisat
leastequalto85%oftheCommunityproducerprice;
whereas,ontheotherhand,thepreferentialcustomsduty
is,exceptinexceptionalcases,suspendedandthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyintroducedforagiven
productofagivenorigin:
(a)if,ontwosuccessivemarketdays,thepricesofthe
importedproductarelessthan85%ofthe
Communityproducerpriceinrespectofatleast30%
ofthequantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableon
representativeimportmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedaysduringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3557/88Q
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88f),laysdown
thedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthearrangements ;
Whereas,inordertoenablethearrangementstooperate
normally,thefollowingshouldbeusedforthecalculation
oftheimportprices:
—forthecurrencieswhicharemaintainedagainstone
anotherwithinamaximumspreadatanygiven
momentforspotratetransactionsof2,25%,a
conversionratebasedontheircentralrateadjustedby
thecorrectingfactorprovidedforinthelast
subparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1636/87(u),
—fortheothercurrencies,aconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesforthe
currency,asrecordedoveragivenperiod,againstthe
Communitycurrenciesreferredtointhepreceding
indent,andtheabovementioned factor;
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsrael;
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbe
reintroduced ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous (spray)carnations(CNcode
ex06031053)originatinginIsrael,thepreferential
customsdutyfixedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
4078/88isherebysuspendedandtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyisherebyreintroduced .
Article2
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NoL91/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.4.89
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3April1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission