CELEX: 31997R0645
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-15 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 645/97 of 15 April 1997 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of single-flower (standard) carnations originating in Israel

16. 4. 97         I EN 1              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 99/ 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 645/97
                                                        of 15 April 1997
                   re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of single-flower
                                         (standard) carnations originating in Israel
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1985/96 (*)
                                                                     fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              for application of the arrangements for importation from
  Community,                                                         the countries in question;
  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 0,
 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 539/96 (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 last
 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; whereas
 imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;                   detailed rules on the application and determination of
                                                                    these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1068/93 (l0), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last           No 1482/96 (");
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 592/97 (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 single­
                                                                    flower (standard) 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 617/97 f 2);
 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 single-flower (standard) 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                (5) OJ  No L 264, 17. 10 . 1996, p. 14.
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation;                   (6) OJ  No L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
                                                                   O OJ    No L 264, 23. 10 . 1993, p. 33 .
                                                                   (8) 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 79, 29. 3. 1996, p. 6.                                 H OJ    No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
O OJ No L 199, 2. 8 . 1994, p. 1 .                                 (") OJ  No L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
(4) OJ No L 89, 4. 4. 1997, p. 1 .                                 (,2) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1997, p. 9.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 99/2       EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               16 . 4. 97
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                 Israel the preferential customs duty set by amended
                                                             Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 is reintroduced.
                       Article 1
                                                                                     Article 2
For imports of single-flower (standard) carnations (CN
codes ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in        This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 April 1997.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 April 1997.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                  Member of the Commission