CELEX: 31991R0896
Language: en
Date: 1991-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 896/91 of 10 April 1991 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-introducing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

No L 90/30                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   11 . 4. 91
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 896/91
                                                          of 10 April 1991
                   suspending the preferential customs duties and re-introducing the Common
                    Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in
                                                                Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (*), as
                                                                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 (6), lays down
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  the detailed rules for the application of the arrangements ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                   Whereas, in order to enable the arrangements to operate
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                          normally, the following should be used for the calculation
application of preferential customs duties on imports of               of the import prices :
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and              — for the currencies which are maintained against one
Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                             another within a maximum spread at any given
3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                  moment for spot rate transactions of 2,25 % , a
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the                           conversion rate based on their central rate adjusted by
                                                                           the correcting factor provided for in the last
conditions for applying a preferential duty on large­
flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom)                    subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation
carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the                  (EEC) No 1676/85 (7), as last amended by Regulation
limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the                (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
Community of fresh cut flowers ;                                       — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 728/90 (3) opens                        average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                           Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
and provides for the administration of Community tariff
                                                                            a period to be determined, multiplied by the
quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating
in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel respectively ;                        coefficient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                       Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
provides, on the one hand, that for a given product of a               Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it
given origin, the preferential customs duty is to be                   must be concluded that the conditions laid down in
applicable only if the price of the imported product is at             Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for
least equal to 85 % of the Community producer price ;                  suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for
whereas, on the other hand, the preferential customs duty              multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel ;
is, except in exceptional cases, suspended and the                     whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should be
Common Customs Tariff duty introduced for a given                      reintroduced,
product of a given origin :
(a) if, on two successive market days, the prices of the
     imported product are less than 85 % of the
     Community producer price in respect of at least 30 %              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     of the quantities for which prices are available on
     representative import markets ;
     or                                                                                             Article 1
(b) if, over a period of five to seven successive market
     days, the prices of the imported product are alterna­             For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
     tively above and below 85 % of the Community                      ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel, the
     producer price in respect of at least 30 % of the                 preferential customs duty fixed by Council Regulation
     quantities for which prices are available on the                  (EEC) No 728/90 is hereby suspended and the Common
     representative import markets and if, for three days              Customs Tariff duty is hereby reintroduced.
     during that period, the prices of the import product
     have been below that level ;
                                                                                                    Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3129/90 (4)
fixes the Community producer prices for carnations and
roses for the application of the import arrangements ;                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April 1991 .
(') OJ  No  L  382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                              0   OJ  No  L  72, 18 . 3. 1988, p. 16.
0   OJ  No  L  311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .                             (6) OJ  No  L  311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8 .
P)  OJ  No  L  81 , 28 . 3. 1990, p. 7.                                0   OJ  No  L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 4) OJ  No  L  299, 30. 10. 1990, p. 26.                               (s) OJ  No  L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 10 April 1991 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission