CELEX: 32001R0035
Language: en
Date: 2001-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 35/2001 of 8 January 2001 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

9.1.2001               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 4/15
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 35/2001
                                                           of 8 January 2001
               suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty
                                       on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (4)     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as last
                                                                                 amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), lays down
                                                                                 the detailed rules for the application of the arrange-
                                                                                 ments.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (5)     On the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations
                                                                                 (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must be
                                                                                 concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(3)
                                                                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspension of the
                                                                                 preferential customs duty are met for small-flowered
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21                       roses originating in Israel. The Common Customs Tariff
December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer-                   duty should be re-established.
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                (6)     The quota for the products in question covers the period
1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,                          1 January to 31 December 2001. As a result, the
                                                                                 suspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduc-
                                                                                 tion of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up to
                                                                                 the end of that period at the latest.
Whereas:
                                                                         (7)     In between meetings of the Management Committee for
                                                                                 Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission
                                                                                 must adopt such measures,
(1)     Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions
        for applying a preferential 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 into the
        Community of fresh cut flowers.
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(2)     Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last amended
        by Commission Regulation (EC) No 563/2000 (4), opens
        and provides for the administration of Community tariff                                       Article 1
        quotas for certain products originating in Algeria,
        Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West
        Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey and                  For imports of small-flowered roses (CN code ex 0603 10 10)
        providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these        originating in Israel, the preferential customs duty fixed by
        tariff quotas.                                                   Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby suspended and the
                                                                         Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
(3)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 34/2001 (5) fixes the
        Community producer and import prices for carnations
        and roses for the application of the import arrange-                                          Article 2
        ments.
(1) OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22.                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 January 2001.
(2) OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 199, 2.8.1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 46.                                           (6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(5) See page 13 of this Official Journal.                                (7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.
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       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
       Done at Brussels, 8 January 2001.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                  Member of the Commission