NoL308/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.11.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3273/91
of8November 1991
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-introducing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2995/91(4)
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3556/88(6),laysdown
thedetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthearrangements ;
Whereas,inordertoenablethearrangementstooperate
normally,thefollowingshouldbeusedforthecalculation
oftheimportprices:
—forthecurrencieswhicharemaintainedagainstone
anotherwithinamaximumspreadatanygiven
momentforspotratetransactionsof2,25%,a
conversionratebasedontheircentralrateadjustedby
thecorrectingfactorprovidedforinthelast
subparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2205/90(8),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythe
coefficientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereas,onthebasisofpricesrecordedpursuantto
Regulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No700/88,it
mustbeconcludedthattheconditionslaiddownin
Article2(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No4088/87for
suspensionofthepreferentialcustomsdutyaremetfor
large-flowered rosesoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshouldbereintroduced,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)No1551/91(3)opens
andprovidesfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcutflowersandflowerbuds,fresh,originating
inCyprus,Jordan,MoroccoandIsraelrespectively ;
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
representative importmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginIsrael,the
preferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1551/91isherebysuspendedandtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyisherebyreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9November
1991.
(4)OJNoL285,15.10.1991,p.18.
(*)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(<)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
r8)OTNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.(»)OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
(2)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL144,8.6.1991,p.3.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8November1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission