CELEX: 31999R0939
Language: en
Date: 1999-05-04 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/1999 of 4 May 1999 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

L 117/20               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 5. 5. 1999
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/1999
                                                          of 4 May 1999
                   re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses
                                                       originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
                                                                      last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid
                                                                      down detailed rules for the application of these arrange-
                                                                      ments;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small-
Community,                                                            flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                      1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC)
                                                                      No 721/1999 (8);
                                                                      Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                  fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-                700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certain             reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco             in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met for
and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended             small-flowered roses originating in Israel; whereas the
by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular                  preferential customs duty should be reintroduced;
Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas in between meetings of the Management
                                                                      Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
for the application of a preferential customs duty on
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),
opens and provides for the administration of Community                1.    For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes ex
tariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus,             0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel the
Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the                  preferential customs duty set by amended Regulation (EC)
Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed                No 1981/94 is reintroduced.
rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas;
                                                                      2.    Regulation (EC) No 721/1999 is hereby repealed.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 938/1999 (5)
fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-
                                                                                                 Article 2
tions and roses for application of the arrangements for
importation from the countries in question;
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 1999.
(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.                                       (6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
( 4) OJ  L 88, 24.3.1998, p. 8.                                       (7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.
( 5) See page 18 of this Official Journal.                            (8) OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 5.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 4 May 1999.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                 Member of the Commission