Commission Regulation (EC) No 568/2002 of 2 April 2002 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Date: 2002-04-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Middle East, common customs tariff, customs duties, floriculture, originating product, restoration of customs duties, tariff preference

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 568/2002

of 2 April 2002

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the detailed rules for the application of the arrange-
ments.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

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,

Whereas:

(6)

(7)

Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions
for applying a preferential duty on large-flowered roses,
small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and
multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit of tariff
quotas
the
for
Community of fresh cut flowers.

annually

imports

opened

into

On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations
it must be
(EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88,
concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(2)
of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of the
preferential customs duty are met for uniflorous (bloom)
carnations originating in the West Bank and the Gaza
strip; the Customs duty should be re-established.

The quota for the products in question covers the period
the
1 January to 31 December 2002. As a result,
suspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduc-
tion of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up to
the end of that period at the latest.

In between meetings of the Management Committee for
Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission
must adopt such measures,

Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 (3) opens and
provides for the administration of Community tariff
quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus, Egypt,
Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules
for extending and adapting these tariff quotas.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 567/2002 (4) fixes the
Community producer and import prices for carnations
and roses for the application of the import arrange-
ments.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(bloom) carnations

imports of uniflorous

(CN code
For
ex 0603 10 20) originating in the West Bank and the Gaza
strip, the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No
747/2001 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs
Tariff duty is hereby re-established.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (6), lays down

(1) OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2.
(4) See page 20 of this Official Journal.
(5) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 2002.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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

Done at Brussels, 2 April 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission