CELEX: 31999R0721
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 721/1999 of 6 April 1999 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

7. 4. 1999             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 91/5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 721/1999
                                                       of 6 April 1999
                   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,                         Whereas 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               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 small-
                                                                    flowered roses originating in Israel; whereas the Common
                                                                    Customs Tariff duty should be re-established;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-
tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certain           Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco           period 1 January to 31 December 1998; whereas, as a
and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended           result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the
by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular                reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply
Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                                          up to the end of that period at the latest;
                                                                    Whereas, in between meetings of the Management
                                                                    Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the
conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-flow-
ered 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:
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
                                                                                               Article 1
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),
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              For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes ex
West Bank and the Gaza Strip;                                       0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel, 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 (EC) No 720/1999 (5)
fixes the Community producer and import prices for
carnations and roses for the application of the import                                         Article 2
arrangements;
(1)  OJ  L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 1999.
(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.                                     (6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
( 5) See page 3 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, 6 April 1999.
                                                               For the Commission
                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission