CELEX: 31997R0261
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 261/97 of 13 February 1997 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

i4. 2. 97           ran                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 43 / 11
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 261 /97
                                                        of 13 February 1997
                    re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray)
                                                  carnations originating in Israel
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        down detailed rules for the application of these
                                                                      arrangements;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Community,                                                         Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                       1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088 /87              amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used to
   of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                      convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
   application of preferential customs duties on imports of           and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
  certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and           conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
  Morocco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  detailed rules on the application and determination of
  539/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,            these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 1068/93 (l0), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                1482/96 (");
  for the application of a preferential customs duty on
  large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous             Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for
  (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations             multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel by
  within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for              Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 was suspended by
  imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community,                   Commission Regulation (EC) No 99/97 (12);
 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last            Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 2397/96 (4), opens and               specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
  provides for the administration of Community tariff                700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
 quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating          reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
 in Cyprus, Jordan , Morocco and Israel;                             in the last indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     4088/87 is met for multiflorous (spray) carnations
 Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                originating in Israel; whereas the preferential customs
 stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be              duty should be reintroduced,
 reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the
 prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not
 deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which
 prices are available on representative Community import
 markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 price for a period, calculated from the actual date of
 suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,
 — of two successive market days, after suspension under
                                                                                                Article 1
      Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
 — of three successive market days, after suspension
      under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation;                    For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
                                                                     ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1985/96 (^
                                                                     preferential customs duty set by amended Regulation (EC)
                                                                     No 1981 /94 is reintroduced .
 fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses
for application of the arrangements for importation from
the countries in question;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 (7), laid
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February
                                                                     1997.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 13 February 1997.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission