CELEX: 31989R1717
Language: en
Date: 1989-06-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1717/89 of 16 June 1989 reintroducing the preferential customs duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Morocco

17. 6. 89                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 168/ 13
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1717/89
                                                          of 16 June 1989
                  reintroducing the preferential customs duty on imports of large-flowered roses
                                                      originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           for application of the arrangements for importation from
                                                                      the countries in question ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                   Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (8), as
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 ('), laid down
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                  detailed rules for the application of these arrangements ;
of 21      December 1987 fixing conditions for the                    Whereas to permit the import arrangements to function
application of preferential customs duties on imports of              in the normal manner prices on importation should be
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and             calculated using
Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) ..(b) thereof,          — for currencies maintained against each other within a
                                                                            maximum spread at any given moment for spot rate
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                        transactions of 2,25 % a conversion rate based on
for the application of a preferential customs duty on                       their central rate multiplied by the correcting factor
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                      provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 )
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations                      of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (10), as last
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (n),
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community ;                     — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
                                                                            arithmetic mean of the spot market rate of the
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 3005/88 (3),                           currency, recorded for a given period, against the
(EEC) No 3175/88 (4), (EEC) No 3552/88 (*) and (EEC) No                     Community currencies indicated in the preceding
4078/88 f5) open and provide for the administration of                      indent and of the aforesaid coefficient ;
Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds,
fresh, originating in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel              Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for large­
respectively ;                                                        flowered roses originating in Morocco by Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 3552/88 was suspended by Commission
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                   Regulation (EEC) No 1330/89 (12) ;
stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be                Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the              specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not             700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which           reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
prices are available on representative Community import                in the last paragraph of Article 2 (3) relative to the
markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer                  absence of available price quotations for six successive
price for a period, calculated from the actual date of                working days is met for large-flowered roses originating in
suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,                    Morocco ; whereas the preferential customs duty should
— of two successive market days, after suspension under                be reintroduced,
     Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
— of three successive market days, after suspension                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas, Article 2 (3) of that Regulation stipulates that in
the absence of available price quotations, the preferential
                                                                       For imports of large-flowered roses (CN codes ex
customs duty shall be reintroduced if there are no prices              0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Morocco
 for six successive working days from the date the measure             the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EEC) No
was applied.                                                           3552/88 is reintroduced.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1550/89 0
 fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses                                        Article 2
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 1989.
 (') OJ  No  L 382,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.
 (2) OJ  No  L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ  No  L 271 , 1 . 10. 1988, p. 7.                               (8) OJ No L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
 (4) OJ  No  L 283,  18 . 10. 1988, p. 1 .                             (') OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8 .
 O   OJ  No  L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 2.                              (10) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0   OJ  No  L 359,  28 . 12. 1988, p. 8 .                             (») OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
 0   OJ  No  L 151 , 3. 6. 1989, p. 32.                                (n) OJ No L 133, 17. 5. 1989, p. 22.
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              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 16 June 1989.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                 Member of the Commission