Commission Regulation (EC) No 615/2004 of 1 April 2004 repealing Regulations (EC) No 8/2004, (EC) No 9/2004 and (EC) No 10/2004 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses and uniflorous (bloom) carnations, respectively, originating in Israel
Date: 2004-04-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Israel, floriculture, import, originating product, suspension of customs duties, tariff preference

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 615/2004

of 1 April 2004

repealing Regulations (EC) No 8/2004, (EC) No 9/2004 and (EC) No 10/2004 suspending the prefer-
ential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of large-
flowered roses, small-flowered roses and uniflorous (bloom) carnations, respectively, originating in
Israel

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 and the West Bank and Gaza
Strip (1), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Following Council Decision 2003/917/EC of 22
December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in
the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Euro-
pean Community and the State of Israel concerning reci-
procal
liberalisation measures and the replacement of
Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Association Agree-
ment (2), since 1 January 2004 it is no longer necessary
to fix minimum entry prices for roses and carnations
imported from Israel, since all imports inside the tariff
quota are subject to preferential customs duties.

However, entry prices were nevertheless calculated for
these products and adopted in Commission Regulation
(EC) No 8/2004 (3) in the case of large-flowered roses,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 9/2004 (4) in the case
of small-flowered roses, and Commission Regulation
(EC) No 10/2004 (5) in the case of uniflorous (bloom)
carnations.

It is therefore necessary to re-establish the preferential
customs duties introduced by Council Regulation (EC)
No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for
the
management of Community tariff quotas and of refer-
ence quantities for products eligible for preferences by
virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean coun-
tries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and
(EC) No 934/95 (6).

Regulations (EC) No 8/2004, (EC) No 9/2004 and (EC)
No 10/2004 should therefore be repealed with effect
from their date of entry into force, since the customs
duties collected under those Regulations can be reim-
bursed under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of
12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs
Code (7) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93
of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the imple-
mentation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
establishing the Community Customs Code (8).

(5)

The Commission must take these measures in between
the meetings of the Management Committee for Live
Plants,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulations (EC) No 8/2004, (EC) No 9/2004 and (EC) No 10/
2004 are hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 April 2004.

(1) OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1300/97 (OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 65.
(3) OJ L 2, 6.1.2004, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 2, 6.1.2004, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 2, 6.1.2004, p. 32.
(6) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Commis-

sion Regulation (EC) No 54/2004 (OJ L 7, 13.1.2004, p. 30).

It shall apply from 7 January 2004.

(7) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17).

(8) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2286/2003 (OJ L 343, 31.12.2003, p. 1).

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

Done at Brussels, 1 April 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General