CELEX: 31996R0844
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 844/96 of 7 May 1996 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Morocco

No L 114/22          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   8 . 5. 96
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 844/96
                                                          of 7 May 1996
                    re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of large-flowered roses
                                                     originating in Morocco
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                      1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as last
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (9), are used to
  Community,                                                         convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                     and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87               conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
  of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                      detailed rules on the application and determination of
  application of preferential customs duties on imports of           these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
  certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and          (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  Morocco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  No 2853/95 (n );
  539/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for large­
  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions               flowered roses originating in Morocco by Regulation (EC)
  for the application of a preferential customs duty on              No 1981 /94 was suspended by Commission Regulation
  large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous             (EC) No 747/96 (12);
  (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
 within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for               Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
  imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community,                   specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
                                                                     700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 198 1 /94 (3), as last           reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 585/96 (4), opens and                 in the last indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
  provides for the administration of Community tariff                4088/87 is met for large-flowered roses originating in
 quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating          Morocco; whereas the preferential customs duty should be
 in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel;                              reintroduced;
 Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/ 87              Whereas the preferential customs duty could not be
 stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be              reintroduced on time because of the late provision of
 reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the           information by one Member State; whereas this
 prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not         Regulation introducing the preferential duty must as a
 deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which       result have retroactive effect from 30 April 1996,
 prices are available on representative Community import
 markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer
 price for a period, calculated from the actual date of
 suspension of the actual preferential customs duty:                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 — of two successive market days, after suspension under
      Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
 — of three successive market days, after suspension                                             Article 1
      under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation;
                                                                    For imports of large-flowered roses (CN codes ex
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2524/95 (*)                  0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Morocco
 fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses           the preferential customs duty set by amended Regulation
 for application of the arrangements for importation from           (EC) No 1981 /94 is reintroduced.
 the countries in question;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (% as                                              Article 2
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 f7), laid
down detailed rules for the application of these                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1996.
arrangements;
                                                                   It shall apply with effect from 30 April 1996.
(>)  OJ No   L 382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.
(2)  OJ No   L 79, 29. 3. 1996, p. 6.
(3) OJ  No   L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ   No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No   L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 8.                               0 OJ     No  L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
n   OJ  No   L 258, 28. 10. 1995, p. 42.                           (10) OJ  No   L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 96.
(6) OJ  No   L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.                             (") OJ   No   L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 264, 23. 10. 1993, p. 33.                           ( u) OJ  No   L 102, 25. 4. 1996, p. 28 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 7 May 1996.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission