Commission Regulation (EC) No 72/2005 of 17 January 2005 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: 2005-01-17
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 72/2005

of 17 January 2005

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,

(4)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (4), lays down
the detailed rules for the application of the arrangements.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of
21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of
preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers origi-
Jordan and Morocco and the West
nating in Cyprus,
Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), and in particular Article 5(2)(b)
thereof,

Israel,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 (2) 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.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 71/2005 (3)
fixes the
Community producer and import prices for carnations
and roses for the application of the import arrangements.

(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 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. Regulation as

(EC) No 2256/2004 (OJ

last amended by
L 385,

Commission Regulation
29.12.2004, p. 24).

(3) See page 11 of this Official Journal.

(5)

(6)

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 2005. As a result,
the
the preferential duty and the reintro-
suspension of
duction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up
to the end of that period at the latest.

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(bloom)

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.

carnations

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 January 2005.

(4) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2062/97 (OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1).

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

Done at Brussels, 17 January 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture
and Rural Development