Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2005 of 4 March 2005 repealing Regulation (EC) No 72/2005 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: 2005-03-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Middle East, Palestine, floriculture, import, tariff preference

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 377/2005

of 4 March 2005

repealing Regulation (EC) No 72/2005 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,

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-
nating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip (1), and in particular Article 5 (2)(b) thereof;

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

of

the

Letters

between

Exchange

Following Council Decision 2005/4/EC of 22 December
2004 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of
an
European
Community and the Palestine Liberation Organisation
(PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning reciprocal
liberalisation measures
of
and
Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Palestinian Authority
Interim Association Agreement (2),
is no longer
necessary, since 1 January 2005, to set minimum entry
prices for roses and carnations imported from the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip since the scheme of preferential
customs duties will apply to all imports within the quota
ceiling.

replacement

the

it

None the less, these prices were calculated, and the calcu-
lations led to the adoption of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 72/2005 (3).

It is therefore necessary to re-establish the preferential
customs duties introduced by Council Regulation (EC)
the
No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for

tariff quotas

management of Community
and of
reference quantities for products eligible for preferences
by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean
countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94
and (EC) No 934/95 (4).

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 72/2005 should therefore be
repealed with effect from its date of entry into force,
since the customs duties collected under this Regulation
can be reimbursed under Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the
Community Customs Code (5) and Commission Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down
provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs
Code (6).

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 72/2005 is hereby repealed with effect from
18 January 2005.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 2005.

(4) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. Regulation as

(EC) No 2279/2004 (OJ

last amended by
L 396,

Commission Regulation
31.12.2004, p. 38).

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

(5) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the

lation (EC) No 1300/1997 (OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1).

2003 Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 13.

(6) 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, 4 March 2005.

For the Commission

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