CELEX: 31998R0080
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 80/98 of 13 January 1998 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

14. 1. 98           ¬ EN ¬               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 8/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 80/98
                                                       of 13 January 1998
                  re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses
                                                      originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used to
                                                                   convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                   and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies; whereas
Community,                                                         detailed rules on the application and determination of
                                                                   these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as last 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 small-
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and          flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No
Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), as last          1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC)
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in                  No 2651/97 (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 for
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
                                                                   small-flowered roses originating in Israel; whereas the
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for
                                                                   preferential customs duty should be reintroduced;
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;
                                                                   Whereas in between meetings of the Management
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last            Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/97 (4),
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                                          Article 1
and roses for application of the arrangements for
importation from the countries in question;                        1. For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes ex
                                                                   0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel the
                                                                   preferential customs duty set by amended Regulation (EC)
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as              No 1981/94 is reintroduced.
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid
down detailed rules for the application of these
arrangements;                                                      2.    Regulation (EC) No 2651/97 is hereby repealed.
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as last                                        Article 2
(1) OJ  L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
(2) OJ  L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1.                                   1998.
(3) OJ  L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ  L 236, 27. 8. 1997, p. 3.
(5) See page 5 of this Official Journal.                           (9) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(6) OJ  L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.                                  (10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(7) OJ  L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.                                 (11) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
(8) OJ  L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.                                 (12) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 53.
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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