Commission Regulation (EC) No 489/2003 of 17 March 2003 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: 2003-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Middle East, floriculture, import, originating product, suspension of customs duties, tariff preference

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 489/2003

of 17 March 2003

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,

(5)

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(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
1 January to 31 December 2003. As a result, the suspen-
sion of the preferential duty and the reintroduction 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,

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(bloom) carnations

imports of uniflorous

For
(CN code
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.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 opened annually for imports into the Community
of fresh cut flowers.

Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 (3), as amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 209/2003 (4), opens
and provides for the administration of Community tariff
quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating
in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip respectively.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 486/2003 (5) fixes the
Community producer and import prices for carnations
and roses for the application of the import arrange-
ments.

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

(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) OJ L 28, 4.2.2003, p. 30.
(5) See page 18 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 March 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General