CELEX: 31996R0827
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-06 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 827/96 of 6 May 1996 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

7. 5. 96             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 112/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 827/96
                                                            of 6 May 1996
                   re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray)
                                                 carnations originating in Israel
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2524/95 (*)
                                                                     fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              for application of the arrangements for importation from
  Community,
                                                                     the countries in question;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87               Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (*), as
 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                       last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 Q, laid
 application of preferential customs duties on imports of            down detailed rules for the application of these
 certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and           arrangements;
 Morocco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 539/96 (2), and last in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as
 for the application of a preferential customs duty on               amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (9), are used to
 large-flowered roses, small -flowered roses, uniflorous             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for               conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
 imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community,                    detailed rules on the application and determination of
                                                                     these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last            2853/95 (n );
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 585/96 (4), opens and
 provides for the administration of Community tariff
quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating
 in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel;                             Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for
                                                                    multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel by
                                                                    Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 was suspended by
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/96 (12);
stipulates that 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          Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which        specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
prices are available on representative Community import             700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer               reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
price for a period, calculated from the actual date of              in the last indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,                 4088/87 is met for multiflorous (spray) carnations
                                                                    originating in Israel; whereas the preferential customs
— of two successive market days, after suspension under             duty should be reintroduced;
     Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
— of three successive market days, after suspension                  *) OJ No L 258, 28. 10. 1995, p. 42.
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation;                     6) OJ No L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
                                                                     j OJ No L 264, 23. 10. 1993, p. 33.
                                                                     8) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                               9) OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
P) OJ No L 79, 29. 3. 1996, p. 6.                                    10) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 96.
h) OJ No L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1 .                                   ") OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
(<) OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 8.                                        OJ No L 91 , 12. 4. 1996, p. 20.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 112/2     EN             Official Journal of the European Communities                        7. 5. 96
           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                  Article 1
           For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes ex 0603 10 13 and
           ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel the preferential customs duty set by amended
           Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 is reintroduced.
                                                  Article 2
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 May 1996.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 6 May 1996.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                              Member of the Commission