COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(92) 411 final 
Brussels, 1 October 1992 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas 
for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, 
Israel, Jordan or Morocco (1992/93) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. The additional Protocols to the Community's Cooperation Agreements with 
Morocco, Jordan and Israel and the protocol laying down the conditions 
and procedures for the Implementation of the second stage of the 
Agreement establishing an association between the EEC and Cyprus 
provide for the opening of annual Community tariff quotas for the 
importation of 300, 50, 17 000 and 50 tonnes respectively of cut 
flowers and flower buds, fresh, falling within Combined Nomenclature 
codes 0603 10 11 to 0603 10 69, originating in those countries. 
However, Article 18 of the Protocol to the EEC/Cyprus Agreement 
provides that the 50 tonne quota must be increased by 5% per year from 
the Protocol's entry into force (1 January 1988). The quota will 
therefore be set at 67,5 tonnes for the period under consideration; the 
volumes of the tariff quotas relating to other countries covered by 
this regulation must be increased in equal tranches of 3 or 5 % 
according to the products, in application of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1764/92*1), modifying the system applicable to the importation into 
the Community of certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, 
Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Malta, Morocco, Syria or 
Tunisia. 
2. The purpose of this proposal is to open the said tariff quotas for the 
period from 1 November 1992 to 31 October 1993. 
3. Under the tariff quotas for Morocco, Jordan and Israel customs duties 
are to be phased out according to the same timetables and under the 
same conditions as laid down in Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of 
Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the 
Community. 
Under the tariff quota for Cyprus, customs duties are to be phased out 
according to the timetable and under the same conditions laid down in 
Articles 5 and 16 of the relevant Protocol. 
Within the limits of these tariff quotas, Spain and Portugal are to 
apply customs duties calculated: 
(1) OJ No L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 9. 
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- in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 
3189/88, 2573/87 and 4162/87 laying down the arrangements for trade 
between Spain and Portugal and Morocco, Jordan and Israel, and 
- in accordance with the Protocol to the Association Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus 
consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the 
Portuguese Republic to the Community. 
4. Roses with large or small flowers and carnations of the unifloral or 
multifloral types are covered by the quota only where they meet the 
price conditions laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4088/87, 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No. 3551/88. 
5. As regards the management system of these quotas it is proposed that 
the whole of the quota volumes be held as Community reserves in which 
all Member States will have access in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 1(2) of the proposal for a Regulation. 
That is the purpose of the attached proposal. 
Annex: 1 proposal for a Regulation 
i roposai. i'uj ^ H — 
COUNCIL REGULATION (KKC) No 
of h'd 
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for 
cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan or 
Morocco (1992/1993) 
Till- COUNCIL OF THE KUROPLAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the additional Protocols to the Agreements 
between the European Economic Community and the 
Kingdom of Morocco ('), the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan (-') and the State of Israel (') and the Protocol laying 
down the conditions and procedures for the implementa­
tion of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an 
association between the European Economic Community 
and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting certain provi­
sions thereof (4) provide in their respective Articles that 
fresh cut flowers and flower buds, tailing within the CN 
codes indicated in Article I and originating in the above-
mentioned countries, may be imported into the Commu­
nity at reduced rates of customs duty within the limits of 
annual Community tariff quotas of .WO, SO, 17 000 and SO 
tonnes respectively; whereas, however, Article 18 of the 
Protocol with Cyprus provides that the volume of the 
tariff quota for that country must be increased by S % per 
year from the entry into force of the Protocol, and it will 
therefore be set at I tonnes for the l99pto 1993period ; 
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wheronr. the volunes or the iarifi: quotas relating 
to other countries covered by this regulation must between the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese 
Republic and Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, 
Tunisia and Turkey ty and Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 4162/87 of 21 December 1987 laying down arran­
gements for Spain's and Portugal's trade with Israel 
and amending Regulations (EEC) No 449/86 and 
(EEC) No 2573/87 0) in respect of the tariff quotas 
opened for Morocco, Jordan and Israel, 
and 
— the Protocol to the Association Agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the Repu­
blic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of the 
Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the 
Community $), in respect of the tariff quota opened 
for Cyprus ; 
Whereas roses with large or small flowers and carnations 
of the unifloral or multifloral types are covered by the 
quotas only subject to the conditions laid down by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 
1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential 
customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating 
in Cyprus, Israel and Jordan (t>), as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3551/88 (It); whereas these tariff conces­
sions apply only to imports in respect of which certain 
price conditions are observed ;. 
Whereas all Community importers should be ensured be increased in equal tranches of 3 or 5 % according 1 1 ' ; , •, t , ,, 
, 7 ulu,|y equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the 
to the products, in application of Council Regulationjuty ratcs iaid down for thc quotas should bc app,icd (EEC) No 1764/92 (5), modifying the system 
applicable to the importation into the Community 
of certain agricultural products originating in 
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, 
Malta, Marocco, Syria or Tunisia. 
Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, customs 
duties are to be phased out : 
— under the tariff quotas tor Morocco, Jordan and Israel, 
according to (lie same timetables and under the same 
conditions as laid down in Articles 7S and 243 ot the 
Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
— under the tariff quota for Cyprus, according to the 
timetable and under the conditions laid down in 
Articles 5 and 16 of the above-mentioned Protocol 
concerning Cyprus ; consistently to all imports of the products in question 
into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted ; 
whereas the necessary measures should be taken to 
provide for effective Community management of the 
quotas, so that the Member States may draw against the 
quotas such quantities as they may need, corresponding to 
actual imports ; whereas this method of administration 
requires close cooperation between the Member States 
and thc Commission ; 
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, thc Kingdom of 
the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 
are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux 
Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis­
tration of these quotas may be carried out by any one of 
its members, 
Whereas within the limits of these tariff quotas, the 
Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are to 
apply customs duties calculated in accordance with : 
— Council Regulation (EEC) No 3189/88 of 14 October 
1988 laying down the arrangements to be applied by 
Spain and Portugal to trade with Morocco and Syria ($ 
and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87 of 1 1 
August 19H7 laying down the arrangements for trade 
(') ()| No I. 224, I 1. 8. 1988, p. 18. 
() ()'| No I. 297, 21. !(). 1987, p. 19 
V) Ol No 1. 127. 10. I I. 1988. p. U>. C3) 0J No L 1o1, 1.^*2, p. y. 
$ OJ No L 287, 20. 10. 1988, p. 1. 
(/) OJ No L 250, I. 9. 1987, p. 1. 
(J) OJ No L 396, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. 
(J) OJ No L 393, 31. 12. 1987, p. M. 
(0) OJ No L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22. 
(If) OJ No L 311, 17. 11. 1988, p. I. 
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HAS ADOPT! t) 1IIIS KIX.dl.AriON 
Ai I lilt I 
I iron» I November 199*- to il October 1993 (|îc customs duties applicable to 
imports into the (lomiwimiy of tin- products listed below originating in. Morocco, Jordan, 
lisr.wl- or Cyprus shall be suspended at the levels and within* rhe limits of the Community 
l.infl (juntas shown below : 
Qui.-
No 
09 1114 
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W I M)h 
m 1420 C:N ((><!<• 
0603 HI- SI 
060 V M)' S Y 
0601 H* S S 
Wan 10 61 
060V |0 6v 
0601 M» 69 
06<H 10.11 
06<H H)H 
060 « 10 1 S 
0WM 10 21 
0603 10 2S 
0601 10 29 l)l'M-TI|>h<ll) 
Fresh tut flowers a«d ttowii buds <>t> a kiwi 
suùaftlt' foi ornaniciMiil purposes 
Fioni I Nownibir to \\ May 
from I jinn- to VI October Oogin 
Morocco 
Jtordan 
Israel 
Cyprus Amount ot 
quota 
(m toiiiirs) Quola (hnv 
From I fsJovcm.be i to 
December I9<»2 - 2 1 
From I January ro fl 
October 1995 : 0 
From I Novcmbci to 51 
December 1992 ; 5,4 
From 1 ianuary to 
H Ociobci 
1-9 93 :0 
Within the limits of these tariff quotas the Kingdom of 
.Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs 
duties calculated in accordance with the provisions of 
Regulations (EEC) No 3189/88, (LLC) No 2573/87 and 
(LLC) No 4162/87 as regards the quotas for Morocco, 
Jordan and Israel, and with the relevant provisions of the 
Protocol to the Association Agreement between the Euro­
pean Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus 
consequent on the accession of Spain and Portugal as 
regards the quota for Cyprus. lone shall be excluded from the quantities drawn from 
the tariff quota concerned. 
Article 2 
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed 
by the Commission, which may take any appropriate 
administrative measures to ensure that they are managed 
efficiently. 
2. In the case of large-flowered and small-flowered 
roses and unifloral and multifloral carnations, application 
of the quota referred to in Article 1 (!) may be interrupted 
if it is found at Community level that the price conditions 
hud down by Regulation (LLC) No 4088/87 are not being 
observed. 
In that event, the Commission shall adopt regulations 
re-establishing the duties applicable to the products in 
question under the Common Customs Ta nil anil, when-
appropriate, re-introducing this Regulation on the dates 
and in respect of the produits and periods indicated in 
the Regulations in question 
Howcvei, piodmts on winch customs duties have been 
re established and imported into the Community during 
the period in which such re-establishment remains in Article 3 
Where an importer presents a product covered bv this 
Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member 
State, applying to take advantage of the preferential au.ui 
gements, and the entry is accepted by the customs autho-
uties, the Member State concerned shall, by notifymv the 
Commission, draw an amount corresponding to H\ icqui 
lements from the quota volume. 
Requests for drawings, indicating the date on whuli the 
entries were accepted, must be sent to the Commission 
without delay. 
Drawings shall be granted, by the Commission m chrono 
logical order of the dates on which the customs aiithon 
lies of the Member States concerned accepted the entiies 
for release for free circulation, to the extent that the .i\.u 
lable balance so permits. 
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If a Member State does not use a drawing in full it shall 
return any unused portion to the corresponding quota 
volume as soon as possible. 
If the quantities requested are greater than the available 
balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be alio 
cated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall 
inform the Member States of the drawings made. Article 5 
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 
Article 4 
Bach Member State shall ensure that importers of the 
products in question have equal and continuous access to 
the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota 
volume so permits. Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 
1992 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Luxembourg, 
For the Council 
The President 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budget If ne concerned : Chap. 12 Art. 120 
2. Legal basis :• Art. 113 of the Treaty 
3. Title of the tariff measure concerned : Proposal for a Council 
Regulation (EEC) opening and providing for the administrât ion of 
Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, 
originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan or Morocco (1992/93) 
4. Objective : Execution of a contractual obligation (EEC/Morocco, Jordan, 
Israel en Cyprus Agreement) 
5. Method of calculation Morocco, Jordan 
and Israel Cyprus 
CCT heading: 
Volume of the quota: 
Duty to be applied: 
Normal CCT duty: 
Price 0/T : 0603 10 11 to 69 
309; 51,5 and 17 510 T 67,5 T 
2,1; 0; 5,4; 0; 
17; 17; 24 17; 17; 24 
4 223 ECU/T 3 150 ECU/T 
6. Duty-rOSS : 
Loss of revenue for the period 1 November 1992 to 31 October 1993 
stands at 14 804 715 ECU. 
In 199171992, the loss stood at 11 943 815 ECU. 
Morocco + Jordan + Israel 
Quantities : 309 + 51,5 + 17 510 - 17 870 
17 870 x 2/12 - 2 978 (1.11-31.12) x 4 223 - 12 576 094 ECU X 0,149 - 1 873 838 ECU 
17 870 x 5/12 - 7 445 (1.01-31.05) X 4 223 - 31 440 235 ECU X 0,17 - 5 344 839 ECU 
17 870 x 5/12 - 7 445 (1.06-31.10) X 4 223 - 31 440 235 ECU X 0,24 - 7 545 656 ECU 
14 764 333 ECU 
Cyprus - Quantities : 67.5 Tonnes 
67,5 X 2/12 - 11,2 (1.11-31.12) X 3 150- 35 280 ECU X 0,116 - 4 092 ECU 
67,5 x 5/12 = 28,1 (1.1 - 31.5) x 3 150 - 88 515 ECU X 0,17 - 15 047 ECU 
67,5 x 5/12 - 28,1 (1.6 -31.10) X 3.150 - 88 515 ECU x 0,24 - 21 243 ECU 
40 382 ECU 
TOTAL : 14 804 715 ECU 
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