CELEX: 31999R0072
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 72/1999 of 12 January 1999 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

L 7/8                 EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   13. 1. 1999
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 72/1999
                                                      of 12 January 1999
                  suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
                  Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in
                                                              Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          down the detailed rules for the application of the arrange-
                                                                     ments;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
Community,                                                           Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it
                                                                     must be concluded that the conditions laid down in
                                                                     Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspen-
                                                                     sion of the preferential customs duty are met for multi-
                                                                     florous (spray) carnations originating in Israel; whereas the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
                                                                     Common Customs Tariff duty should be re-established;
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-
tion of preferential 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            Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular                 period 1 January to 31 December 1999; whereas, as a
Article 5(2)(b) thereof,                                             result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the
                                                                     reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply
                                                                     up to the end of that period at the latest;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the
conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flow-           Whereas, in between meetings of the Management
ered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carna-          Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
tions and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the limit
of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the
Community of fresh cut flowers;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
opens and provides for the administration of Community
tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, origin-
ating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco and the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/1999 (5)
fixes the Community producer and import prices for                   For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
carnations and roses for the application of the import               ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel,
arrangements;                                                        the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC)
                                                                     No 1981/94 is hereby suspended and the Common
                                                                     Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), lays
(1) OJ  L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.                                                            Article 2
(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.
(5) See page 4 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ  L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 January
(7) OJ  L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.                                   1999.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 12 January 1999.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                  Member of the Commission