CELEX: 31997R1084
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-13
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1084/97 of 13 June 1997 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Israel

14. 6 . 97              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 157/ 11
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1084/97
                                                              of 13 June 1997
                       suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
                       Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating
                                                                  in Israel
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 Q, lays
   Community,
                                                                           down the detailed rules for the application of the
                                                                           arrangements;
    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088 /87
   of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                           Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
   application of preferential customs duties on imports of                 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (8), as last
   certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and               amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (9), are used to
   Morocco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                      convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
   539/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                           conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the                       detailed rules on the application and determination of
   conditions for applying a preferential duty on large­                   these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
   flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom)                (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
   carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the               No 1482/96 (");
   limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the
   Community of fresh cut flowers;                                        Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
  Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last
                                                                           Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88 , it
                                                                           must be concluded that the conditions laid down in
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 592/97 (4), opened and
                                                                          Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for
  provides for the administration of Community tariff
                                                                          suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for
  quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating
  in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel;
                                                                          uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Israel,
                                                                          whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should be
  Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088 /87                       re-established;
  provides, on the one hand, that for a given product of a
 given origin, the preferential customs duty is to be                     Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
  applicable only if the price of the imported product is at              period 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1997; whereas, as
 least equal to 85 % of the Community producer price;                     a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the
 whereas, on the other hand, the preferential customs duty                reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply
 is, except in exceptional cases, suspended and the                      up to the end of that period at the latest,
 Common Customs Tariff duty introduced for a given
 product of a given origin :
 (a) if, on two successive market days, the prices of the                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
       imported product are less than 85 % of the
       Community producer price in respect of at least 30 %
       of the quantities for which prices are available on                                             Article 1
       representative import markets;
       or
                                                                         For imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations (CN codes
                                                                         ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel, the
 (b) if, over a period of five to seven successive market                preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No
      days, the prices of the imported product are alterna­              1981 /94 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs
      tively above and below 85 % of the Community                       Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
       producer price in respect of at least 30 % of the
      quantities for which prices are available on the
      representative import markets and if, for three days                                             Article 2
      during that period, the prices of the import product
      have been below that level ;                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 June 1997.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 989/97 (^ fixes
 the Community producer prices for carnations and roses                  It shall apply until 31 December 1997 at the latest.
for the application of the import arrangements;
                                                                        («) OJ   No  L  72, 18 . 3. 1988 , p. 16.
(')  OJ   No  L  382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                             0 OJ     No  L  264, 23. 10 . 1993, p. 33 .
(2)  OJ   No  L  79, 29. 3 . 1996, p. 6.                                f) OJ    No  L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No  L  199, 2. 8 . 1994, p. 1 .                               0 OJ     No  L  22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ   No  L 89, 4. 4. 1997, p. 1 .                                  ( I0) OJ  No  L  108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 5   OJ   No  L  141 , 31 . 5. 1997, p. 71 .                            (") OJ    No  L  188 , 27. 7. 1996, p . 22.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 June 1997.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission