CELEX: 31991R3384
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3384/91 of 20 November 1991 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-introducing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

21 . 11 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 319/59
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3384/91
                                                         of 20 November 1991
                      suspending the preferential customs duties and re-introducing the Common
                      Customs Tariff duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in
                                                                  Israel
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (*), as
                                                                         amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 (6), lays down
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  the detailed rules for the application of the arrangements ;
 Economic Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                  Whereas, in order to enable the arrangements to operate
 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                           normally, the following should be used for the calculation
 application of preferential customs dudes on imports of                 of the import prices :
 certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and              — for the currencies which are maintained against one
 Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                              another within a maximum spread at any given
 3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                  moment for spot rate transactions of 2,25 % , a
                                                                             conversion rate based on their central rate adjusted by
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the                           the correcting factor provided for in the last
 conditions for applying a preferential duty on large­                       subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
 flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom)                    (EEC) No 1676/85 f), as last amended by Regulation
 carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the                   (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
 limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the
 Community of fresh cut flowers ;                                       — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                             average of the ecu rates published in the Official
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1551 /91 (3) opens                      Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
 and provides for the administration of Community tariff                     a period to be determined, multiplied by the
 quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating                  coefficient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel respectively ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                       Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
 provides, on the one hand, that for a given product of a               Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it
                                                                        must be concluded that the conditions laid down in
given origin, the preferential customs duty is to be
 applicable only if the price of the imported product is at             Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for
 least equal to 85 % of the Community producer price ;                  suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for
whereas, on the other hand, the preferential customs duty                multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel ;
 is, except in exceptional cases, suspended and the                     whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should be
 Common Customs Tariff duty introduced for a given                      reintroduced,
 product of a given origin :
 (a) if, on two successive market days, the prices of the
      imported product are less than 85 % of the                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
      Community producer price in respect of at least 30 %
      of the quantities for which prices are available on
      representative import markets ;
                                                                                                   Article 1
      or
(b) if, over a period of five to seven successive market                 For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN codes
      days, the prices of the imported product are alterna­             ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel, the
      tively above and below 85 % of the Community                      preferential customs duty fixed by Council Regulation
      producer price in respect of at least 30 % of the                 (EEC) No 1551 /91 is hereby suspended and the Common
      quantities for which prices are available on the                  Customs Tariff duty is hereby reintroduced.
      representative import markets and if, for three days
      during that period, the prices of the import product
      have been below that level ;
                                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2995/91 (4)
fixes the Community producer prices for carnations and                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 November
roses for the application of the import arrangements ;                   1991 .
(') OJ   No   L 382,   31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                            0 OJ No L 72, 18 . 3. 1988, p. 16.
(2) OJ   No   L 311 ,  17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .                            $ OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8.
(3) OJ   No  L  144,   8. 6. 1991 , p. 3.                               0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L  285,   15. 10. 1991 , p. 18.                            (») OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 20 November 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                 j                             Member of the Commission