CELEX: 31997R0080
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 80/97 of 17 January 1997 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

18 . 1 . 97            EN 1                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 16/81
                                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 80/97
                                                              of 17 January 1997
                     re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small -flowered roses
                                                             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 last
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                      amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (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 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                      No 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 small­
 (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations                    flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No
 within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                      1981 /94 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC)
  imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;                          No 2188/96 (,2);
 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last                  Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
  amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2397/96 (4),                    specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088 / 87 and (EEC) No
  opens and provides for the administration of Community                   700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
 tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh ,                    reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
 originating in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel;                        in the last indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                           4088 / 87 is met for small-flowered roses originating in
 Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088 /87                     Israel; whereas the preferential customs duty should be
 stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall 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 small-flowered roses (CN codes ex
                                                                           0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Israel the
                                                                           preferential customs duty set by amended Regulation (EC)
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1985/96 (^                          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 P), laid
                                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 January
                                                                           1997 .
(>)  OJ    No  L 382, 31 . 12. 1987,    p. 22.
(2)  OJ    No  L 79, 29 . 3 . 1996, p.   6.
(3   OJ    No  L 199, 2. 8 . 1994, p.    1.                               (8) OJ   No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ    No  L 327, 18 . 12. 1996,    p. 1 .                            0 OJ     No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
O    OJ    No  L 264, 17. 10 . 1996,    p. 14.                            (10) OJ  No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(<•) OJ    No  L 72, 18 . 3 . 1988 , p.  16.                              (") OJ   No L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
O    OJ    No  L 264, 23 . 10 . 1993,   p. 33 .                           ( 12) OJ No L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 9 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 17 January 1997.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                              Member of the Commission