Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2000 of 24 January 2000 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel
Date: 2000-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Israel, floriculture, import, restoration of customs duties, tariff preference

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/2000

of 24 January 2000

re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in
Israel

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5) Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small-
flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC)
No 1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 58/2000 (8);

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 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,

(6) 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
small-flowered roses originating in Israel;
met
whereas the preferential customs duty should be reintro-
duced;

for

(1) 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;

(7) Whereas

the Management
Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,

in between meetings of

(2) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2530/
1999 (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;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 165/2000 (5)
fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-
tions and roses for application of the arrangements for
importation from the countries in question;

of

For

imports

1.
(CN code
ex 0603 10 10) originating in Israel the preferential customs
duty set by amended Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is reintro-
duced.

small-flowered

roses

2.

Regulation (EC) No 58/2000 is hereby repealed.

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

Article 2

(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 306, 1.12.1999, p. 17.
(5) See page 28 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January 2000.

(8) OJ L 6, 11.1.2000, p. 29.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission