CELEX: 31999R2784
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2784/1999 of 27 December 1999 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco

L 334/30               EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                   28. 12. 1999
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2784/1999
                                                        of 27 December 1999
               re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations origin-
                                                           ating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     down detailed rules for the application of these arrange-
                                                                                ments;
                                                                        (5)     Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco
Community,
                                                                                by Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 was suspended by
                                                                                Commission Regulation (EC) No 2530/1999 (8);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21              (6)     Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-
December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer-                  fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating                 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and                     reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid
the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                       down in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is
1300/97 (2), and last in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,                    met for uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in
                                                                                Morocco; whereas the preferential customs duty should
                                                                                be reintroduced;
(1)     Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
        for the application of a preferential customs duty on           (7)     Whereas in between meetings of the Management
        large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                  Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
        (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
        within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for
        imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;
(2)     Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),
        opens and provides for the administration of
        Community tariff quotas for certain products originating
        in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank
        and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing
        detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff                                       Article 1
        quotas;
                                                                        1.     For imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations (CN codes
                                                                        ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Morocco
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2783/1999 (5)             the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC) No 1981/
        fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-           94 is reintroduced.
        tions and roses for application of the arrangements for
        importation from the countries in question;
                                                                        2.     Regulation (EC) No 2530/1999 is hereby repealed.
(4)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid
                                                                                                     Article 2
(1) OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22.
(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.                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 December 1999.
(5) See page 28 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.                                         (8) OJ L 306, 1.12.1999, p. 17.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Done at Brussels, 27 December 1999.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                           Margot WALLSTRÖM
                                                                        Member of the Commission