CELEX: 32000R0498
Language: en
Date: 2000-03-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 498/2000 of 6 March 2000 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

L 60/20                EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                      7.3.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/2000
                                                           of 6 March 2000
               suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty
                                 on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             (4)     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 arrange-
                                                                                ments.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                              (5)     On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to 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 multiflorous
                                                                                (spray) carnations originating in Israel. The Common
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21                      Customs Tariff duty should be re-established.
December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer-
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No               (6)     The quota for the products in question covers the period
1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,                         1 January to 31 December 1999; whereas, as a result,
                                                                                the suspension of the preferential duty and the reintro-
                                                                                duction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up
                                                                                to the end of that period at the latest.
Whereas:
                                                                        (7)     In between meetings of the Management Committee, the
                                                                                Commission must adopt such measures,
(1)     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
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        Community of fresh cut flowers.
(2)     Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last amended                                      Article 1
        by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2530/1999 (4),
        opens and provides for the administration of
        Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower              For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
        buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta,       ex 0603 10 20 originating in Israel, the preferential customs
        Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.                   duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby suspended
                                                                        and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
(3)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 497/2000 (5) fixes the
        Community producer and import prices for carnations
        and roses for the application of the import arrange-                                         Article 2
        ments.
(1) OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22.                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 March 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 18 of this Official Journal.                               (7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1999, p. 71.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 6 March 2000.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                    Member of the Commission