CELEX: 32000R0058
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2000 of 10 January 2000 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

11. 1. 2000            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                          L 6/29
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 58/2000
                                                           of 10 January 2000
               suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty
                                       on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (4)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6),
                                                                                 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), lays
                                                                                 down the detailed rules for the application of the
                                                                                 arrangements;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    (5)     Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
Community,                                                                       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
                                                                                 small-flowered roses originating in Israel; whereas the
                                                                                 Common Customs Tariff duty should be re-established;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21
December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer-           (6)     Whereas the quota for the products in question covers
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating                  the period 1 January to 31 December 2000; whereas, as
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and                      a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the
the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                        reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty
1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                        apply up to the end of that period at the latest;
                                                                         (7)     Whereas, in between meetings of the Management
                                                                                 Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
(1)     Whereas 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;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(2)     Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
        amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2530/                                                Article 1
        1999 (4), 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;                    For imports of small-flowered roses (CN code ex 0603 10 10)
                                                                         originating in Israel, the preferential customs duty fixed by
                                                                         Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby suspended and the
                                                                         Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 55/2000 (5)
        fixes the Community producer and import prices for
        carnations and roses for the application of the import                                        Article 2
        arrangements;
(1) OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22.                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January 2000.
(2) OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 199, 2.8.1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 306, 1.12.1999, p. 17.                                          (6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(5) See page 23 of this Official Journal.                                (7) 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, 10 January 2000.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                  Member of the Commission