Commission Regulation (EC) No 2529/1999 of 30 November 1999 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Morocco
Date: 1999-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Morocco, floriculture, import, suspension of customs duties, tariff preference

1. 12. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2529/1999

of 30 November 1999

suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty
on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Morocco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

carnations and roses for the application of the import
arrangements;

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 application of prefer-
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, the West Bank and Gaza
Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2),
and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,

(5) 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(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspen-
sion of the preferential customs duty are met for multi-
florous
carnations originating in Morocco;
whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should be
re-established;

(spray)

(6) Whereas the quota for the products in question covers
the period 1 November 1999 to 31 May 2000; 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;

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

roses,

roses,

and

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

provides

(7) Whereas,

in between meetings of

the Management
Committees, the Commission must adopt such meas-
ures,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (6), lays
down the detailed rules for the application of
the
arrangements;

(4) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2528/1999 (7)
fixes the Community producer and import prices for

(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 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.
(7) See page 13 of this Official Journal.

For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Morocco,
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 2 December 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 November 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission