Commission Regulation (EC) No 765/98 of 7 April 1998 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Israel
Date: 1998-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Israel, customs duties, floriculture, import, originating product, tariff preference

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 765/98

of 7 April 1998

re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard)
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 fixes conditions
for the application of a preferential customs duty on
large-flowered roses,
small-flowered roses, uniflorous
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
tariff quotas opened annually for
within the limit of
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;

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 certain products originating in Algeria,
Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, 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 658/98 (5)
fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-
tions and roses for application of the arrangements for
importation from the countries in question;

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 amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1482/96 (11);

the preferential

Whereas
fixed for
uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Israel by
Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 was suspended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 659/98 (12);

customs duty

Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-
fied 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 for
(standard) carnations originating in Israel;
uniflorous
whereas the preferential customs duty should be reintro-
duced;

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

in between meetings of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

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

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

2. Regulation (EC) No 659/98 is hereby repealed.

(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) OJ L 90, 25. 3. 1998, p. 32.
(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.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 1998.

(10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(11) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
(12) OJ L 90, 25. 3. 1998, p. 34.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission