CELEX: 31996R0190
Language: en
Date: 1996-02-01 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/96 of 1 February 1996 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

2. 2. 96              I EN I               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 26/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 190/96
                                                          of 1 February 1996
                     re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray)
                                                   carnations originating in Israel
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2524/95 (*)
                                                                       fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 for application of the arrangements for importation from
                                                                       the countries in question ;
 Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                         last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 Q, laid
 application of preferential customs duties on imports of              down detailed rules for the application of these
 certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and             arrangements ;
 Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
                                                                       Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                   1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as
 for the application of a preferential customs duty on                 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (9), are used to
 large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations                 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                  conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community ;                     whereas detailed rules on the application and determi­
                                                                       nation of these conversions were set by Commission
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as amended by
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last               Regulation (EC) No 2853/95 (u);
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 3057/95 (4), opens and
 provides for the administration of Community tariff
 quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating
 in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel ;                               Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for
                                                                       multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel by
                                                                       Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 was suspended by
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                   Commission Regulation (EC) No 89/96 (12) ;
stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be
reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the
prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not             Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which           specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
prices are available on representative Community import                700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer                  reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
price for a period, calculated from the actual date of                 in the last indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,                    4088/87 is met for multiflorous (spray) carnations
                                                                       originating in Israel ; whereas the preferential customs
— of two successive market days, after suspension under                duty should be reintroduced,
     Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
— of three successive market days, after suspension                   0 OJ No L 258, 28 . 10. 1995, p. 42.
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ;                     (<) OJ No L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
                                                                      f) OJ No L 264, 23. 10 . 1993, p. 33.
                                                                      H OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(') OJ  No  L  382,   31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                           O OJ No L 22, 31 . 1, 1995, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  311 ,  17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .                           H OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 96.
(3) OJ  No  L  199,   2. 8 . 1994, p. 1 .                             (") OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
 4  OJ  No  L  326,   30. 12. 1995, p. 3.                             H OJ No L 17, 23. 1 . 1996, p. 23 .
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          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                   Article 1
          For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes ex 0603 10 13 and
          ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC)
          No 1981 /94 is reintroduced.
                                                   Article 2
          This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 February 1996.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 1 February 1996.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission