Council Regulation (EEC) No 3552/88 of 14 November 1988 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Morocco (1989)
Official Journal L 311 , 17/11/1988 P. 0002 - 0003
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3552/88
OF 14 NOVEMBER 1988
OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR CUT FLOWERS AND FLOWER BUDS, FRESH, ORIGINATING IN MOROCCO ( 1989 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION,
WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO ( 1 ) PROVIDES THAT FRESH CUT FLOWERS AND FLOWER BUDS, FALLING WITHIN THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE CODES APPEARING IN ARTICLE 1, ORIGINATING IN THAT COUNTRY, MAY BE IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AT REDUCED RATES OF CUSTOMS DUTY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR 300 TONNES .
WHEREAS, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THAT QUOTA, THE DUTIES APPLICABLE ARE TO BE ABOLISHED PROGRESSIVELY OVER THE SAME PERIODS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAME TIME TABLES AS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 75 AND 243 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL; WHEREAS, FOR THE PERIOD 1 NOVEMBER 1986 TO 31 OCTOBER 1989, THE QUOTA DUTIES ARE TO BE EQUAL TO 62,5 % OF THE BASIC DUTIES FROM 1 NOVEMBER TO 31 DECEMBER 1988 AND TO 50 % OF THE BASIC DUTIES FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 OCTOBER 1989; WHEREAS, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THIS TARIFF QUOTA, THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC ARE TO APPLY DUTIES CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3189/88 OF 14 OCTOBER 1988 LAYING DOWN THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRADE BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL AND MOROCCO AND SYRIA ( 2 ); WHEREAS THE QUOTA IN QUESTION SHOULD THEREFORE BE OPENED FOR THE PERIOD 1 NOVEMBER 1988 TO 31 OCTOBER 1989;
WHEREAS LARGE-FLOWERED AND SMALL-FLOWERED ROSES AND UNIFLORAL AND MULTIFLORAL CARNATIONS ARE COVERED BY THESE QUOTAS ONLY SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4088/87 OF 21 DECEMBER 1987 ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF PREFERENTIAL CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN FLORICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS, ISRAEL AND JORDAN ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3551/88 ( 4 ); WHEREAS THESE FAVOURABLE TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS APPLY ONLY TO IMPORTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH CERTAIN PRICE CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS ENJOY EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTAS AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATE LAID DOWN FOR THOSE QUOTAS TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTAS HAVE BEEN USED UP; WHEREAS, IN THE PRESENT CASE, IT SEEMS ADVISABLE NOT TO ALLOCATE THE QUOTAS AMONG THE MEMBER STATES, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE DRAWING