28.6.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL155/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1184/96
of27June1996
re-establishing thepreferentialcustomsdutyonimportsofmultiflorous (spray)
carnationsoriginatinginIsrael
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthese
arrangements ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(10),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
1164/96(n);
Whereasthepreferentialcustomsdutyfixedfor
multiflorous (spray)carnationsoriginatinginIsraelby
Regulation (EC)No1981/94wassuspendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1046/96(12);
Whereasonthebasisofpricerecordingsmadeas
specifiedinRegulations(EEC)No4088/87and(EEC)No
700/88itmustbeconcludedthattherequirementfor
reintroduction ofthepreferentialcustomsdutylaiddown
inthelastindentofArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87ismetformultiflorous (spray)carnations
originatinginIsrael;whereasthepreferentialcustoms
dutyshouldbereintroduced ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87
of21December1987fixingconditionsforthe
applicationofpreferentialcustomsdutiesonimportsof
certainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordanand
Morocco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
539/96(2),andinparticularArticle5(2)(b)thereof,
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No4088/87fixesconditions
fortheapplicationofapreferentialcustomsdutyon
large-flowered roses,small-flowered roses,uniflorous
(bloom)carnationsandmultiflorous (spray)carnations
withinthelimitoftariffquotasopenedannuallyfor
importsoffreshcutflowersintotheCommunity ,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No1981/94(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1099/96(4),opensand
providesfortheadministration 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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No667/96(*)fixed
Communityproducerpricesforcarnationsandrosesfor
applicationofthearrangementsforimportationfromthe
countriesinquestion;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/88(%as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2917/93Q,laidHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forimportsofmultiflorous(spray)carnations(CNcodes
ex06031013andex06031053)originatinginIsraelthe
preferentialcustomsdutysetbyamendedRegulation(EC)
No1981/94isreintroduced .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28June1996.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.
2OJNoL79,29.3.1996,p.6.
(3)OJNoL199,2.8.1994,p.1.
(«)OJNoL146,20.6.1996,p.8.
Ì5)OJNoL92,13.4.1996,p.11.
(6)OJNoL72,18.3.1988,p.16.
PSOTNoL264.23.10.1993,p.33.(8)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(10)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.96.
(»)OJNoL153,27.6.1996,p.41.
c2)OJNoL139,12.6.1996,p.7.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27June1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission