CELEX: 31999R1762
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1762/1999 of 9 August 1999 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

L 210/10               EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                      10. 8. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1762/1999
                                                          of 9 August 1999
               re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in
                                                                   Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       down detailed rules for the application of these arrange-
                                                                                  ments;
                                                                          (5)     Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                  flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC)
Community,
                                                                                  No 1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regulation
                                                                                  (EC) No 1155/1999 (8);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21                (6)     Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-
December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer-                    fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating                   700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and                       reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid
the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                         down in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is
1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                         met for small-flowered roses originating in Israel;
                                                                                  whereas the preferential customs duty should be reintro-
                                                                                  duced;
(1)     Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
        for the application of a preferential customs duty on             (7)     Whereas in between meetings of the Management
        large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                    Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
        (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
        within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for
        imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;
(2)     Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (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                                         Article 1
        quotas;
                                                                          1.     For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes
                                                                          ex 0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel the
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1761/1999 (5)               preferential customs duty set by amended Regulation (EC) No
        fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-             1981/94 is reintroduced.
        tions and roses for application of the arrangements for
        importation from the countries in question;
                                                                          2.     Regulation (EC) No 1155/1999 is hereby repealed.
(4)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid
                                                                                                       Article 2
(1) OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 199, 2.8.1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 88, 24.3.1998, p. 8.                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 August 1999.
(5) See page 8 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.                                           (8) OJ L 139, 2.6.1999, p. 20.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 9 August 1999.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                         Monika WULF-MATHIES
                                                                       Member of the Commission