CELEX: 31990R0422
Language: en
Date: 1990-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 422/90 of 19 February 1990 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Morocco

No L 44/22                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  20. 2. 90
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 422/90
                                                        of 19 February 1990
                   re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of large-flowered roses
                                                      originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas to permit the import arrangements to function
                                                                     in the normal manner prices on importation should be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                calculated using :
Economic Community,
                                                                     — for currencies maintained against each other within a
                                                                          maximum spread at any given moment for spot rate
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                      transactions of 2,25 % a conversion rate based on
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                             their central rate multiplied by the - correcting factor
application of preferential customs duties on imports of                  provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 )
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and                 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last
Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (®),
3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
                                                                     — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rate of the
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                      currency, recorded for a given period, against the
for the application of a preferential customs duty on                     Community currencies indicated in the preceding
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                    indent and of the aforesaid coefficient ;
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community ;                    Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for large­
                                                                     flowered roses originating in Morocco by Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 2396/89 was suspended by Commission
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2396/89 (3) opens                Regulation (EEC) No 363/90 (9);
and provides for the administration of Community tariff
quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating
in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel ;                              Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
                                                                     specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
                                                                     700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                  reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be                in the first indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the            4088/87 is met for large-flowered roses originating in
prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not           Morocco ; whereas the preferential customs duty should
deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which         be reintroduced,
prices are available on representative Community import
markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer
price for a period, calculated from the actual date of
suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— of two successive market days, after suspension under
    Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
— of three successive market days, after suspension
                                                                                                Article 1
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3327/89 (4)                    For imports of large-flowered roses (CN code
fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses             ex 0603 1051 ) originating in Morocco the preferential
for application of the arrangements for importation from              customs duty set by Regulation (EEC) No 2396/89 is
                                                                      reintroduced.
the countries in question ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (*), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 (% laid down                                             Article 2
detailed rules for the application of these arrangements ;
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 February
(') OJ No   L  382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                             1990 .
(2) OJ No   L  311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .
O   OJ No   L  227, 4. 8. 1989, p. 9.
(4) OJ No   L  321 , 4. 11 . 1989, p. 41 .                            0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L  72, 18 . 3. 1988, p. 16.                               (8) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No   L  311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8 .                            (») OJ No L 39, 13. 2. 1990, p. 19.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 19 February 1990.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                             Member of the Commission .