Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2006 of 14 August 2006 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Date: 2006-08-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, EC Regulation, Middle East, Morocco, floriculture, import, originating product, repeal

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1227/2006

of 14 August 2006

repealing Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of the
arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in
Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and 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 the 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 thereof;

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Cyprus has acceded to the Community with effect from 1
May 2004.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the State of Israel
concerning reciprocal
liberalisation measures and the
replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Asso-
ciation Agreement (2), approved by Council Decision
2003/917/EC (3), provides
for preferential conditions
for imports of flowers originating in Israel with effect
from 1 January 2004.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Morocco concerning reciprocal
liberalisation measures
and the replacement of the agricultural protocols to the
EC-Morocco Association Agreement (4), approved by
Council Decision 2003/914/EC (5), provides for prefer-
ential conditions for imports of flowers originating in
Morocco with effect from 1 January 2004.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Palestine
the
Liberation Organisation (PLO)
Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip concerning reciprocal
liberalisation measures and
the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Pales-

for the benefit of

(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. 67.
(3) OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 65.
(4) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 119.
(5) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 117.

Interim Association Agreement (6),
tinian Authority
approved by Council Decision 2005/4/EC (7), provides
for preferential conditions for imports of flowers origi-
nating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with effect
from 1 January 2005.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan concerning reciprocal
liberalisation
and amending the EC-Jordan Association
measures
Agreement as well as replacing Annexes I, II, III and IV
and Protocols 1 and 2 to that Agreement (8), approved
by Council Decision 2006/67/EC (9), provides for prefer-
ential conditions for imports of flowers originating in
Jordan with effect from 1 January 2006.

Detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for
the import into the Community of certain floricultural
products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco
and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as foreseen in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (10), and other
management measures are therefore no longer necessary.

Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 should therefore be
repealed.

The measure provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Live Plants,

in this Regulation is

in
the Management

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 is repealed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2006.

(6) OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 6.
(7) OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 4.
(8) OJ L 41, 13.2.2006, p. 3.
(9) OJ L 41, 13.2.2006, p. 1.
(10) 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, 14 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission