CELEX: 31997R0260
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 260/97 of 13 February 1997 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of single-flower (standard) carnations originating in Israel

14. 2. 97           I EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 43 /9
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 260/97
                                                           of 13 February 1997
                      re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of single-flower
                                               (standard) carnations originating in Israel
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            down detailed rules for the application of these
                                                                          arrangements;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Community,                                                             Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                          1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as last
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088 /87                  amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (9), are used to
   of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                          convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
   application of preferential customs duties on imports of               and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
  certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and               conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
  Morocco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                     detailed rules on the application and determination of
   539/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,              these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
                                                                         (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                    No 1482/96 (u );
  for the application of a preferential customs duty on
  large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                 Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for single­
  (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations                 flower (standard) carnations originating in Israel by
  within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                  Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 was suspended by
  imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community,                       Commission Regulation (EC) No 98/97 (12);
  Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last               Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 2397/96 (4), opens and                   specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088 /87 and (EEC) No
  provides for the administration of Community tariff                    700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
  quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating             reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
  in Cyprus, Jordan , Morocco and Israel;                                in the last indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                         4088 /87 is met for single-flower (standard) carnations
 Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                    originating in Israel; whereas the preferential customs
 stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be                 duty should be reintroduced,
 reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the
 prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not
 deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which
 prices are available on representative Community import
 markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 price for a period, calculated from the actual date of
 suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,
 — of two successive market days, after suspension under                                             Article 1
      Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
 — of three successive market days, after suspension
      under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation;                       For imports of single-flower (standard) carnations (CN
                                                                        codes ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in
                                                                        Israel the preferential customs duty set by amended
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1985/96 (*)                       Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 is reintroduced .
 fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses
 for application of the arrangements for importation from
the countries in question ;
                                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 P), laid
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February
                                                                        1997 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 February 1997.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission