NoL94/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.4.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No930/91
of15April1991
suspendingthepreferentialcustomsdutiesandre-introducing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonimportsoflarge-flowered rosesoriginatinginMorocco
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)No1676/85f7),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 rosesoriginatinginMorocco;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)No728/90(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
representativeimportmarkets;
or
(b)if,overaperiodoffivetosevensuccessivemarket
days,thepricesoftheimportedproductarealterna­
tivelyaboveandbelow85%oftheCommunity
producerpriceinrespectofatleast30%ofthe
quantitiesforwhichpricesareavailableonthe
representativeimportmarketsandif,forthreedays
duringthatperiod,thepricesoftheimportproduct
havebeenbelowthatlevel;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3129/90(4)
fixestheCommunityproducerpricesforcarnationsand
rosesfortheapplicationoftheimportarrangements ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsoflarge-flowered roses(CNcodesex
06031011andex06031051)originatinginMorocco,
thepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No728/90isherebysuspendedandtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyisherebyreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17April1991.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22. 0OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
(6)OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.8.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.0OJNoL311,17.11.1988,p.1.
OOJNoL81,28.3.1990,p.7.
(4)OJNoL299,30.10.1990,p.26.

16.4.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL94/11
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15April1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission