COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 81/98 of 13 January 1998 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco
Date: 1998-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Morocco, customs duties, floriculture, import, tariff preference

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 81/98

of 13 January 1998

re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard)
carnations originating in Morocco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies; whereas
detailed rules on the application and determination of
these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1482/96 (11);

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing
the
application of preferential customs duties on imports of
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and
Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and last in
(b) thereof,
particular Article 5 (2)

conditions

for

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
for the application of a preferential customs duty on
large-flowered roses,
small-flowered roses, uniflorous
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
within the limit of
tariff quotas opened annually for
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/97 (4),
opens and provides for the administration of Community
tariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus,
Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed
rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 79/98 (5) fixed
Community producer and import prices for carnations
and roses
for
importation from the countries in question;

the arrangements

application of

for

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
laid
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7),
down detailed rules
these
for
arrangements;

application of

the

Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8),
as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used to

(1) OJ L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 236, 27. 8. 1997, p. 3.
(5) See page 5 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.

the preferential

Whereas
fixed for
uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco by
Regulation (EC) No
by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2559/97 (12);

customs duty

1981/94 was

suspended

Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met
in
for
Morocco; whereas the preferential customs duty should be
reintroduced;

originating

carnations

uniflorous

(standard)

Whereas
Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,

in between meetings of

the Management

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations (CN
1.
codes ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in
Morocco the preferential customs duty set by amended
Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is reintroduced.

2.

Regulation (EC) No 2559/97 is hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
1998.

(10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(11) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
(12) OJ L 349, 19. 12. 1997, p. 52.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 13 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission