CELEX: 51988PC0636
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Date: 1988-11-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Israel (1988/89) (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM(88 ) 636 final
                                                        Brussels , 10 November 1988
                                     Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
        for cut flowers and flower buds , fresh, originating in Israel
                                       ( 1988/89 )
                           ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                               EXHANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.   The Agreement between the European Ecoronic Community and the State of
     Israel as supplemented by the fourth additional Protocol to this
     Agreement provides for the opening of an annual Qcmnunity tariff quota
     of 17 000 tonnes for cut flowers and flower buds , fresh , falling
     within Nos 0603 10 11 to 0603 10 69 of the Ccrrtoined Ncnenclature and
     originating in Israel .
2.   The purpose of this proposal is to open the quota for the period from
     1 De center 1988 to 31 October 1989 .
3.   Within the limits of this tariff quota customs duties are to be
     phased out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for
     in Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal .
     Within the limits of this tariff quota , Spain and Portugal , however ,
     are to apply customs duties calculated in accordance with Council
     Itegulatian ( EEC ) No      /88 laying down arrangements for Spain's and
     Rortugal 1 s trade with Israël .
4.   In accordance v/ith the Decision of the Council of Ministers concerning
     the Mediterranean policy of the enlarged Community ( Council Doc .
     10723 /1 /85 of 6 De center 1985 ), no quota shares need to be allocated
     to the Member States . Consequently , the full quota volume is to be set
     aside as a Community reserve .
     As regards the method of administration to be applied by all Member
     States , the Commission proposes that the quota shares be drawn on " as
     and when " needed .
     This is the purpose of the attached proposal .
ANN^X : Proposai for a Itegulaticn
                                                                              Ί
 ---pagebreak---                                                Proposai for
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No
                                               Of
                                                       »
               opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
             (*jota     for cut flowers and flower buds , fresh ,
                                                                             originating
                        in              Israel             (1988/89 )
      THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
      Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
      and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
      Having regard to the proposal from the Coamission,
   Whereas Article 2 of the Additional Protocol to the Co-operation Agreement
   between the European Economic Community and Israel (1 )
                 provides that fresh cut flowers and flower buds , falling within
                            CN        codes appearing in Article 1 , originating in that
   country , may be imported into the Community at reduced rates of customs
   duty within the limits of an annual Community tariff quota for 17 000 tomes;
   Whereas , within these limits of that quota . Common Customs Tariff duties are
   to be abolished progressively over the same periods and in accordance with
   the same timetables as laid down in Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of
   Accession of Spain and Portugal ; whereas , for the period 1 December 1988 to
   31 October 1989 , the quota duties are to be equal to 62,5% of the basic
   duties from 1      December to 31 December 1988 and to 50% of the basic duties
   from 1 January to 31 October 1989 ; whereas , within the limits of this
   tariff quota , the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are to apply
   duties calculated in accordance with Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                   / 88 of
   11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade between Spain and
   Portugal on the one hand and Israel on the other (2);
    whereas the tariff quota in question should therefore be opened for the period from 1 Decenber 1988
    to 31 October 1989 anointing, by virtue of the pro rata tenporis clause, to 15 583 tonnes for
    the period in question;
  Whereas large-flowered and small flowered roses and unifloral and
  multifloral carnations are only covered by these quotas subject to the
  conditions laid down by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 4088 / 87 of
  21 December 1987 establishing conditions for the application of
  preferential customs duties on imports of certain f loricultural products
  originating in Cyprus , Israel and Jordan                whereas these favourable
  tariff arrangements apply only to imports in respect of which certain price
  conditions are observed ;
( 1 ) OJ No L
( 2 ) OJ No L
( 3 ) OJ No L 332      3 1 12 . 1987 , p. 22 .                                                          2
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Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure that all Community
importers enjoy equal and uninterrupted access to the abovement ioned quota
and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for this quota to
all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the
quota     has  been used up ; whereas , in the present case , it seems advisable
not to allocate the quota      among the Member States , without prejudice to
the drawing against the quota volume        of such quantities as they may need ,
under the conditions and according to the procedures specified in
Article 1(3 ); whereas this method of administration requires close
co-operation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter
must , in particular , be able to monitor the rate at which the quota is
used up and inform the Member States accordingly ;
Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by
the Benelux Economic Union , all transactions concerning the administration
of quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any
of its members ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
1.    From 1   December 1988 to 31 October 1989 the customs duties applicable
to imports into the Community of the products listed below , originating in
 Israe.L , shall be suspended at the level and within the limits of the
Community tariff quota in respect of each product ;
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  I
                                                                        Volume of
 ! Oruer Ho I             CN Code                             Cantry of
                                       Description                         quota    Quota dut .Le s
! _I!_                                                          origin
i                                                           i            ( tonnes )        (% )
                      I
    09 . 1306        I  0603  10  51 Cut flowers and        ■ Israel      15 583    From 1 Dec e^iber
                    I   0603  10  53 flower buds of a |                             to 31 December
                    I   0603  10  55 kind suitable for :
                    I   0603  10 61
                                                                                    1988 : 10.6
                                     bouquets or for       I
                    I 0603 10 65     ornamental pur -     '
                   I    0603  10 69
                                                                                    From 1 January
                   I    0603  10  11
                                     poses , fresh ,      (                         to 31 May
                                     dried , dyed ,                                 1989 : 8,5
                  I     0603  10  13 bleached , impreg ¬
                  I
                  I
                        0603
                        0603
                              10
                              10
                                  15
                                 21
                                     nated or other- j                              From 1 June     to
                                     wise prepared :     i                          31 October
                 I 0603 10 25                                                       1989 :   12
                 I 0603 10 29        - Fresh :
                                     -- from 1 Novem - I
                                        ber to 31 May 1
               I                     -- from 1 Jum to !
               I
                                         31 October     j
                                        tariff
       Within the limits of this quota , the Kingdom of . Spain and the Portuguese
       Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with
       Regulation ( EEC ) No            / 88 .
       2.   Access to the quota may be halted for large-flowered and smal 1 - flowered
       roses and unifloral and multifloral carnations if it is found at Community
       level that the price conditions laid down by Regulation ( EEC ) No 4088 / 87 are
      not being observed .
       In such cases , the Commission shall adopt regulations re-establishing the
      duties applicable to the products in question and , where appropriate ,
      re-introducing this Regulation on the dates and in respect of the products and
      periods indicated in the Regulations in question .
       3 . If imports of products covered by this quota are made , or are foreseen
      within the next fourteen calendar days at the latest , the Member State
       concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding to
       these requirements to the extent that the available balance of the quota so
      permits .
       4 . If a Member State does not use up the quantities drawn within fourteen
      days , it shall return the remaining unused portion as soon as possible , by
       telex addressed to the Commission .
                                                                                                       S
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                                    Artide 2
1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that shares
drawn pursuant to Article 1(3 ) are opened in such a way that imports may be
shared without interruption against their accumulated shares of the Community quota.
2 . Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products concerned
have free access to the quota for as long as the residual balance of the
quota volume so permits .
3.  Member States shall charge imports of the products concerned against their
shares as and when the products are entered with customs authorities for free
circulation .
4.  The extent to which the quota has been used up shall be determined on the
basis of the imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3 .
                                     Article 3
At the request of the Commission , Member States shall inform it of imports
actually charged against the quota .
                                     Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at
                                                 For the Council
                                                  The President
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c-cn ‘u. actuel <?.e la                 . I/ irçsct découlant de cette ccncs osier. a
écé pris en erreidération lors de la prise d * adoption de ce contingent
et il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' exrploi
dans la Ccmnunauté .
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgétaire caraerree : Chap . 12 art. 120
2.      Base juridique : art . 113 du traité
3.      Intitulé de la ne sure tarifaire s Broposition de règlement du
        Conseil portant ouverture et mode de           gestion d' un contingent
        tarifaire   connunautaine   de   fleurs et boutons    de  fleurs  frais ,
        coupés , originaires d' Israël ( 1988/89 )
4.      Objectif    :  Exécution   d' une   obligation   contractuelle   (Accord
        ŒE/ Israël )
5.      Mode de calcul :             ISRAEL
        Codes NC                 0603 10 11 à 69
        Volume du contingent     17 000 t
        Droits à appliquer       10,6 ; 8,5 ; 12
        Droits du T. D.C.        17 ; 17 ; 24
        Prix 0 par tonne         4 402 BCU/t
6.      îterte de recettes s
        La perte de recettes à inscrire s' élève à 7 190 864 ECU pour la
        période allant du 1er déœrrbre 1988 au 31 octobre 1989.