CELEX: 51987PC0298R(01)
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Date: 1987-10-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel and Jordan (presented by the Commission)

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                                              COM ( 87 ) 298 final
                                              Brussels , 5 October 1987
                                  Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties
              on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus ,
                                 Israel and Jordan
                          ( presented by the Commission )
 C0M(87 ) 298 final
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                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 On 21 October 1986 the Council approved the additions to the negotiating
directives of 25 November 1985 in order to enable the Commission to enter
 into the final stages of negotiations with non-member Mediterranean
 countries .
                                                      The
                                                          additional
 protocole   signed or initialled                              provide for
measures modifying the Association or Cooperation Agreements with
non-member Mediterranean countries following enlargement of the Community
 to include Spain and Portugal .
Pursuant to these measures , imports of fresh cut flowers falling within
 subhea^pg 06.03 A of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus ,
 Israel^ Jordan            ► benefit from preferential customs duties within
 the limit of tariff quotas . The application of preferential customs duty
 to roses and carnations falling within that subheading is subject to
 compliance with a given level of import prices .
 The aim of this proposal for a regulation is to fix conditions for the
 application of preferential customs duties to imports of roses and
 carnations within the limit of the set tariff quotas .
As Morocco has not yet signed the additional protocol there is no need
at present to bring it within the scope of the provisions in question .
Their scope will however be extended to include Morocco , by means of a
Council regulation , as soon as the additional protocol with that country
enters into force .
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                                                 PROPOSAL FOR A
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on
        imports of certain '       ftowers            , originating in Cyprus , Israël
    0 V Jordan
        THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
        Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
        in particular Artie le 113 thereof ,
        Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
        Whereas the additional protocols to the Association or Cooperation Agreements
        between the European Economie Community on the one hand , and Cyprus , Israël ,
ÓIIAC! Jordan                ( 1 ) on the other , provide that preferential customs duties
        shall be applied to imports into the Community of roses and carnations ,
        within      limit of tariff quotas for imports of all fresh cut flowers falling
        within subheading 06.03 A of the Common Customs Tariff and originating         the
        said countries ; whereas these tariff advantages are only applicable to imports
        which comply with certain price conditions ;
        Whereas this Regulation should state the price conditions with which imports
        of roses and carnations must comply in order to qualify for preferential
        customs duties and should also set both the conditions for suspending the
        preferential tariff arrangement when these conditions are not longer met , and
        the conditions for its subsequent reintroduction ;
        Whereas price conditions for imported products are determined according to
        Community producer prices ; whereas in the light of the extremely volatile and
        short-term fluctuations in the prices of the products in question in the
        Community , these producer prices should be set for two-week periods , on the
        basis of the average representative market price during the previous three
        years , excessive fluctuations being disregarded ,
        ( 1 ) OJ No L
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
                                          Article 1
This Regulation Lays down the conditions for application of a preferential
customs duty for large-flowered roses , small-flowered roses , uniflorous
carnations and multiflorous carnations , within the limit of annual tarif f
quotas established for imports into the Community of all fresh cut flowers
falling within subheading 06.03 A of the Common Customs Tariff and originating
in Cyprus , Israel   Jordan ..
                                          Article 2
1.  For a given product of a given origin , the preferential customs duty shall
    be applicable only if the price of the imported product is not less than
    85% of the Community producer price ref erred to in A.rticle 3 .
    The price of the imported product shall be established on representative
    Community import markets , without deducting the preferential customs duty .
2.  The preferential customs duty shall ( save in exceptional circumstances ) be
    suspended 3nd the Common Customs Tariff duty imposed for a given 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% of the quantities for which prices are available on représentative
        import markets , or
    b ) if /    over a period of 5 to 7 consecutive market days , the prices of
        the imported product are alternately above and below 85% of the
        Community producer price in respect of at least 30% of the quantities
        for which prices are available on the representative import markets and
        if , for three days during that period , the prices of the imported
        product have been below that level .
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3. The preferential customs duty shall be reintroduced for a given product of
   a given origin if the prices of the imported product ( full-rate customs
   duty not deducted ) are , in respect of at least 70% of the quantities for
   which prices are available on representative Community import markets ,
   ac Least        85% of the Community producer price for a period ,
   calculated from the actual date of suspension of preferential customs duty ,
   -  of two consecutive market days , after suspension under paragraph 2a );
   -  of three consecutive market days , after suspension under paragraph 2b ).
   In the absence of available price quotations , the preferential customs
   duty shall be reintroduced if there are no prices for six successive
   working days from the date the measure was applied .
4. In the case of imports into Spain and Portugal of products originating in
   the countries mentioned in Article 1 :
   -  the preferential customs duty applicable shall be determined by the
      special conditions of application of the Agreements between the
      European Economic Communty and the countries referred to in Article 1 ,
      following the accession of Spain and Portugal ,
   -  during the period when the preferential customs duty is suspended , the
      customs duty applicable shall be determined by application of Articles
      75 and 243 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal .
                                      Article 3
1. Community producer prices shall be set for each of the four products
   mentioned in Article 1 , and be applicable for two-week periods . Prices
   shall be set twice a year , before 15 May and before 15 October .
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2.     For each of the four products the Community producer price shall
       correspond to the average producer price recorded on representatve
       producer markets over the corresponding period during the three years
       preceding the date of price-setting referred to in paragraph 1 .
       The average price for each representative market shall be determined by
       excluding prices which , according to procedures to be established , can be
       considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to the normal
       fluctuations observed on that market .
                                               Article 4
On the basis of information given to it periodically by Member States or
information which it has itself collected , the Commission shall keep a regular
check on the trends both of the price of imports from each country of origin ,
on the import markets and of producer prices on Community markets .
                                               Artide 5
1.     In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 14 of Council Regulation
       ( EEC ) No 234 / 68       the Conmission shall lay down detailed rules for the
       implementation of this Regulation , including          in particular :
       -   the définition of the products mentioned in Article 1 ,
       -   the list of representative producer markets and representative
           Community import markets ,
       -   the information to be retumed periodically to the Commission by Member
           States for the purposes of this Régulation .
 (2)
     OJ No L 55, 2.3.1968, p.1 .
 ---pagebreak--- 2.   In accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 1 , the
     Commission shall :
     a ) fix Community producer prices , as provided for in Article 3 ;
     b ) suspend the preferential customs duty and reestablish the common
         customs tariff , or reintroduce the preferential customs duty , as
         appropriate .
    However, between the regular meetings of the Management Committee , these measures
     shall be adopted by the Commission .
                                             Article 6
  This Régulation shall enter into force for each
  of the countries concerned as from the implémentation
  of the additional protocol .
This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
ail Member States .
Done at Brussels                                         For the Council
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                             FICHE FINANCIERE ET
              FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
Le présent projet de règlement correspond à un " règlement-cadre " qui sert à
préciser certaines modalités d' application des dispositions prévues par les
protocoles additionnels aux accords méditerranéens .
Il n' y a pas lieu de prévoir de fiche financière r.i de fiche d' impact sur la
compétitivité et l' emploi puisque celles-ci seront établies à l' occasion de
l' ouverture des contingents tarifaires pour les produits et pays en cause .