CELEX: 31996R1310
Language: en
Date: 1996-07-08 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1310/96 of 8 July 1996 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Israel

No L 170 /2            EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  9 . 7. 96
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1310/96
                                                           of 8 July 1996
                    suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common
                    Customs Tariff duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Israel
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 677/96 0 fixes
                                                                      the Community producer prices for carnations and roses
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                for the application of the import arrangements;
 Community,                                                           Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (*), as
                                                                      last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2917/93 Q, lays
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                 down the detailed rules for the application of the
 of 21      December        1987 fixing conditions for the            arrangements;
 application of preferential customs duties on imports of
 certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and            Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 Morocco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                   1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (8), as last
 539/96 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,             amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used to
                                                                      convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                      and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the                    conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
 conditions for applying a preferential duty on large­                detailed rules on the application and determination of
 flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom)             these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
 carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations within the           (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 limit of tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the          No 2853/95 (");
 Community of fresh cut flowers;
                                                                     Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to
 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981 /94 (3), as last             Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it
                                                                      must be concluded that the conditions laid down in
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1099/96 (4), opens and
 provides for the administration of Community tariff                 Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for
 quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating          suspension of the preferential customs duty are met for
 in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel respectively,                 large-flowered roses originating in Israel; whereas the
                                                                      Common Customs Tariff duty should be re-established;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                     Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the
 provides, on the one hand, that for a given product of a             period 1 November 1995 to 31 October 1996; whereas, as
given origin, the preferential customs duty is to be                 a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the
 applicable only if the price of the imported product is at          reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply
 least equal to 85 % of the Community producer price;                up to the end of that period at the latest,
 whereas, on the other hand, the preferential customs duty
 is, except in exceptional cases, suspended and the
 Common Customs Tariff duty introduced for a given                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 product of a given origin :
                                                                                                 Article 1
 (a) if, on two successive market days, the prices of the
     imported product are less than 85 % of the                       For imports of large-flowered roses (CN codes ex
     Community producer price in respect of at least 30 %            0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Israel, the
     of the quantities for which prices are available on              preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No
     representative import markets;                                   1981 /94 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs
     or                                                              Tariff duty is hereby re-established.
(b) if, over a period of five to seven successive market
     days, the prices of the imported product are alterna­                                       Article 2
     tively above and below 85 % of the Community
     producer price in respect of at least 30 % of the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 July 1996.
     quantities for which prices are available on the
     representative import markets and if, for three days            It shall apply until 31 October 1996 at the latest.
     during that period, the prices of the import product
     have been below that level;                                     O OJ    No L 92, 13. 4. 1996, p. 11 .
                                                                     0 OJ    No L 72, 18. 3. 1988 , p. 16.
                                                                     0 OJ    No L 264, 23. 10. 1993, p. 33.
(') OJ   No  L 382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                            (8) OJ  No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 79, 29. 3. 1996, p. 6.                                0 OJ    No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  L  199, 2. 8 . 1994, p. 1 .                             H OJ    No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 4  OJ   No  L  146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 8.                              (") OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 8 July 1996.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                              Member of the Commission