CELEX: 32000R0913
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 913/2000 of 2 May 2000 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Morocco

L 105/26               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      3.5.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 913/2000
                                                             of 2 May 2000
               suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty
                               on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (4)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 915/2000 (7) fixes the
                                                                                 Community producer and import prices for carnations
                                                                                 and roses for the application of the import 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 uniflorous (bloom)
                                                                                 carnations originating in Morocco. The Common
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21                       Customs Tariff duty should be re-established.
December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer-
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, the West Bank and Gaza
Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2),            (6)     The quota for the products in question covers the period
and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,                                       1 January to 31 December 2000. 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) carna-
        tions 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                                            Article 1
        and provides for the administration of Community tariff
        quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating
        in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank          For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN code
        and the Gaza Strip.                                              ex 0603 10 20) originating in Morocco, the preferential
                                                                         customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby
                                                                         suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby
                                                                         re-established.
(3)     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (5), as last
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (6), lays down
        the detailed rules for the application of the arrange-
        ments.                                                                                          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.                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 May 2000.
(4) OJ L  68, 16.3.2000, p. 46.
(5) OJ L  72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(6) OJ L  289, 22.10.1997,  p. 1.                                        (7) See page 30 of this Official Journal.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 2 May 2000.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                    Member of the Commission