CELEX: 31994R3085
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3085/94 of 16 December 1994 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

17. 12. 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 325/45
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3085/94
                                                       of 16 December 1994
                   re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses
                                                        originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (*), as
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 (6), laid
Community,                                                           down detailed rules for the application of these
                                                                     arrangements ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                        1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 Q, as
application of preferential customs duties on imports of             amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (8), are used to
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and            convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,           conversion rates of the Member States' currencies whereas
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                 detailed rules on the application and determination of
for the application of a preferential customs duty on                these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous               (EEC) No 1068/93 f), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations               547/94 (io) .
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small­
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community ;                    flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3) opens                 1981 /94 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC)
and provides for the administration of Community tariff              No 2720/94 (»);
quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating           Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel ;                              specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be               reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
re-established for a given product of a given origin if the          in the last subparagraph of Article 2 (3) of Regulation
prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not           (EEC) No 4088/87 is met for small-flowered roses
deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which         originating in Israel ; whereas the preferential customs
prices are available on representative Community import              duty should be reintroduced,
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,                                            Article 1
— of two successive market days, after suspension
     pursuant to Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,                For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes
                                                                     ex 0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Israel
— of three successive market days, after suspension                  the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC) No
     pursuant to Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ;               1981 /94 is re-established.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2578/94 (4)                                              Article 2
fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses
for application of the arrangements for importation from             This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December
the countries in question ;                                           1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 16 December 1994.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   Rene STEICHEN
                                                                           Member of the Commission
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