CELEX: 31998R0081
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 81/98 of 13 January 1998 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco

14. 1. 98           ¬ EN ¬               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 8/9
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 81/98
                                                      of 13 January 1998
                  re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard)
                                              carnations originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                   and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                   conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              detailed rules on the application and determination of
Community,                                                         these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                   1482/96 (11);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the
application of preferential customs duties on imports of           Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and          uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco by
Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), as last          Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 was suspended by
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and last in             Commission Regulation (EC) No 2559/97 (12);
particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
                                                                   specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions               700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
for the application of a preferential customs duty on              reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous             in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations             for uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for              Morocco; whereas the preferential customs duty should be
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;                   reintroduced;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last            Whereas in between meetings of the Management
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/97 (4),              Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
opens and provides for the administration of Community
tariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus,
Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed
rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 79/98 (5) fixed
Community producer and import prices for carnations
and roses for application of the arrangements for                                            Article 1
importation from the countries in question;
                                                                   1. For imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations (CN
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as              codes ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid               Morocco the preferential customs duty set by amended
down detailed rules for the application of these                   Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is reintroduced.
arrangements;
                                                                   2.    Regulation (EC) No 2559/97 is hereby repealed.
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used to
                                                                                             Article 2
(1) OJ  L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ  L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ  L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1.                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
(4) OJ  L 236, 27. 8. 1997, p. 3.                                  1998.
(5) See page 5 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ  L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ  L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.                                 (10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(8) OJ  L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.                                 (11) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
(9) OJ  L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.                                   (12) OJ L 349, 19. 12. 1997, p. 52.
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       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
       States.
       Done at Brussels, 13 January 1998.
                                                             For the Commission
                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                          Member of the Commission