CELEX: 31989R3496
Language: en
Date: 1989-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3496/89 of 22 November 1989 reintroducing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

23 . 11 . W                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 340/ 15
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3496/89
                                                       of 22 November 1989
                  reintroducing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses
                                                        originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (5), as
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 (6), laid down
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 detailed rules for the application of these arrangements ;
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas to permit the import arrangements to function
                                                                      in the normal manner, prices on importation should be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                  calculated using :
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the
application of preferential customs duties on imports of              — for currencies maintained against each other within a
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and                  maximum spread at any given moment for spot rate
Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                             transactions of 2,25 % a conversion rate based on
3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                 their central rate multiplied by the correcting factor
                                                                           provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 )
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                       of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 Q, as last
for the application of a preferential customs duty on                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (8),
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rate of the
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                      currency, recorded for a given period, against the
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community ;                          Community currencies indicated in the preceding
                                                                           indent and of the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 2396/89 (3), open
and provide for the administration of Community tariff                Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small­
quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating            flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EEC)
in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel ;                               No 2396/89 of the Council was suspended by
                                                                      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3128/89 (');
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                  Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be                specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the              700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not             reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
 deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which         in the first indent of Article 2 (3) is met for small­
 prices are available on representative Community import               flowered roses originating in Israel ; whereas the
 markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer                 preferential customs duty should be reintroduced,
 price for a period, calculated from the actual date of
suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,
— of two successive market days, after suspension under                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
— of three successive market days, after suspension
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ;                                                  Article 1
Whereas, Article 2 (3) of that Regulation stipulates that in           For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes ex
 the absence of available price quotations, the preferential           0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Israel the
 customs duty shall be reintroduced if there are no prices             preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       2396/89 is reintroduced.
 for six successive working days from the date the measure
 was applied.
                                                                                                   Article 2
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3327/89 (4)
 fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses              This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November
 for application of the arrangements for importation from              1989.
 the countries in question ;
                                                                       0   OJ  No L  72, 18 . 3. 1988, p. 16.
 (') OJ  No L  382,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                             («) OJ  No L  311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8.
 (2) OJ  No  L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .                             0   OJ  No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0   OJ  No L  227,  4. 8 . 1989, p. 9.                                0   OJ  No L  153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
  4  OJ  No L  151 , 3. 6. 1989, p. 32.                                0   OJ  No L  301 , 19 . 10. 1989, p. 17.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 22 November 1989.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                Member of the Commission