CELEX: 31996R0870
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 870/96 of 14 May 1996 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco

15. 5 . 96         f EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 118/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 870/96
                                                           of 14 May 1996
                   re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard)
                                               carnations originating in Morocco
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2524/95 (*)
                                                                     fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               for application of the arrangements for importation from
                                                                     the countries in question;
 Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (% as
 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                       last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 Q, laid
 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 last 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
 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 (10), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last             2853/95 (");
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 585/96 (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
                                                                     uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco by
                                                                     Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 was suspended by
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                 Commission Regulation (EC) No 799/96 (12);
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 uniflorous (standard) carnations
                                                                    originating in Morocco; 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                 0 OJ No L 258, 28 . 10 . 1995, p. 42.
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation;                    (<■) 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.                              0 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. 96.
0 OJ No L 199, 2. 8 . 1994, p. 1 .                                  (") OJ   No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 8.                                    (,2) OJ  No L 108, 1 . 5. 1996, p. 45.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 118 /2   lENl              Official Journal of the European Communities                       15. 5. 96
            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                   Article 1
            For imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations (CN codes ex 0603 10 13 and
            ex 0603 10 53) originating in Morocco the preferential customs duty set by amended
            Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 is reintroduced.
                                                   Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 May 1996.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 14 May 1996.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission