Commission Regulation (EC) No 172/1999 of 26 January 1999 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Israel
Date: 1999-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Israel, floriculture, import, originating product, restoration of customs duties, tariff preference

27. 1. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 20/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 172/1999

of 26 January 1999

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
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 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 171/1999 (5)
fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-
tions and roses for application of the arrangements for
importation from the countries in question;

down detailed rules for the application of these arrange-
ments;

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 71/1999 (8);

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
uniflorous
(standard) carnations originating in Israel;
whereas the preferential customs duty should be reintro-
duced;

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

in between meetings of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations (CN
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.

2. Regulation (EC) No 71/1999 is hereby repealed.

Article 2

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7),
laid

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January
1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 3 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 7, 13. 1. 1999, p. 6.