CELEX: 31999R1827
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1827/1999 of 23 August 1999 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

24. 8. 1999            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 223/15
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1827/1999
                                                           of 23 August 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,                                     down the detailed rules for the application of the
                                                                                arrangements;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    (5)    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
                                                                                suspension 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 application of prefer-
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and              (6)    Whereas the quota for the products in question covers
the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                       the period 1 January to 31 December 1998; whereas, as
1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                       a 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;
(1)     Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the
        conditions for applying a preferential duty on large-            (7)    Whereas, in between meetings of the Management
        flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom)                Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
        carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the
        limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into
        the Community of fresh cut flowers;
(2)     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, originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta,
        Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip;
                                                                                                     Article 1
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/1999 (5)
        fixes the Community producer and import prices for
                                                                         For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes ex 0603 10 11
        carnations and roses for the application of the import
                                                                         and ex 0603 10 51) originating in Israel, the preferential
        arrangements;
                                                                         customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby
                                                                         suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby
                                                                         re-established.
(4)     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.
(2) OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1.                                                                        Article 2
(3) OJ L 199, 2.8.1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 88, 24.3.1998, p. 8.
(5) See page 17 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 August 1999.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 23 August 1999.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                    Member of the Commission