CELEX: 31997R1460
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-25 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1460/97 of 25 July 1997 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Israel

No L 199/20           ( EN 1                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  26 . 7. 97
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1460/97
                                                              of 25 July 1997
                      suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
                      Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations 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 (EC) No 1239/97 Q, lays
                                                                          down the detailed rules for the application of the
  Community,
                                                                          arrangements;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
  of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                           Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
  application of preferential customs duties on imports of                1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as last
 certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and                amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (9), are used to
  Morocco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                      convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
  1 300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088 /87 lays down the                       detailed rules on the application and determination of
  conditions for applying a preferential duty on large­                   these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
  flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom)                (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the                No 1482/96 (");
 limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the
 Community of fresh cut flowers;                                          Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (■'), as last                Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it
                                                                          must be concluded that the conditions laid down in
 amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1375/97 (4),
 opened and provides for the administration of                            Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for
 Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds,                 suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for
 fresh, originating in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel;                uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Israel,
                                                                          whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should be
 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088 /87                        re-established;
 provides, on the one hand, that for a given product of a
 given origin, the preferential customs duty is to be                     Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
 applicable only if the price of the imported product is at               period 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1997; whereas, as
 least equal to 85 % of the Community producer price;                     a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the
 whereas, on the other hand, the preferential customs duty                reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply
 is, except in exceptional cases, suspended and the                       up to the end of that period at the latest,
 Common Customs Tariff duty introduced for a given
 product of a given origin :
 (a) if, on two successive market days, the prices of the                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
      imported product are less than 85 % of the
      Community producer price in respect of at least 30 %
      of the quantities for which prices are available on                                          Article 1
      representative import markets;
      or
                                                                          For imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations (CN codes
 (b) if, over a period of five to seven successive market                 ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel, the
      days, the prices of the imported product are alterna­               preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No
      tively above and below 85 % of the Community                        1981 /94 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs
      producer price in respect of at least 30 % of the                  Tariff duty is hereby re-established .
      quantities for which prices are available on the
      representative import markets and if, for three days
      during that period, the prices of the import product                                         Article 2
      have been below that level ;
                                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 July 1997.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 989/97 f) fixes
the Community producer prices for carnations and roses                   It shall apply until 31 December 1997 at the latest.
for the application of the import arrangements;
                                                                         (") OJ No L 72, 18 . 3. 1988, p. 16.
(')  OJ  No  L  382,   31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                             O OJ No L 173, 1 . 7. 1997, p. 71 .
O    OJ  No  L  177,   5. 7. 1997, p. 1 .                                (s) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O    OJ  No  L  199 ,  2. 8 . 1994, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(4)  OJ  No  L  189,   18 . 7. 1997, p. 1 .                              (I0) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(s)  OJ  No  L  141 ,  31 . 5 . 1997, p. 71 .                            (") OJ No L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
 ---pagebreak--- 26. 7. 97     EN             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 199 /21
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 25 July 1997.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission