CELEX: 31999R0942
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 942/1999 of 4 May 1999 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

L 117/26               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   5. 5. 1999
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 942/1999
                                                          of 4 May 1999
                   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,                            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 arrange-
                                                                       ments;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  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 suspen-
                                                                       sion of the preferential customs duty are met for multi-
                                                                       florous (spray) carnations 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 applica-
tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certain
                                                                       Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco
                                                                       period 1 January to 31 December 1999; whereas, as a
and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended
                                                                       result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the
by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular
                                                                       reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply
Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
                                                                       up to the end of that period at the latest;
                                                                       Whereas, in between meetings of the Management
                                                                       Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the
conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flow-
ered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carna-
tions 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:
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),                                              Article 1
opens and provides for the administration of Community
tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, origin-
ating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and the                 For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
West Bank and the Gaza Strip;                                          ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) 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.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 938/1999 (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 6 May 1999.
(2)  OJ  L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1.
(3)  OJ  L 199, 2.8.1994, p. 1.
(4)  OJ  L 88, 24.3.1998, p. 8.                                        (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, 4 May 1999.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                 Member of the Commission