Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/98 of 24 March 1998 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Israel
Date: 1998-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Israel, floriculture, import, originating product, restoration of customs duties

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 659/98

of 24 March 1998

suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in
Israel

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-
tion 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 in particular
Article 5(2)(b) thereof,

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

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),
opens and provides for the administration of Community
tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, origin-
ating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/98 (5) fixes
the Community producer and import prices for carna-
tions and roses for the application of the import arrange-
ments;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7),
lays
down the detailed rules for the application of the arrange-
ments;

Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as last
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 88, 24. 3. 1998, p. 8.
(5) See page 32 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.

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 determina-
tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1482/96 (11);

Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it
must be concluded that
the conditions laid down in
Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspen-
sion of
for
carnations originating in Israel;
uniflorous
whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should be
re-established;

the preferential customs duty are met

(bloom)

Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
period 1 January to 31 December 1998; whereas, as a
result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the
reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply
up to the end of that period at the latest;

Whereas,
the Management
Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,

in between meetings of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN codes
ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel,
the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC)
No 1981/94 is hereby suspended and the Common
Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 March 1998.

(10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(11) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission