CELEX: 31991R0155
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 155/91 of 23 January 1991 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of large-flowered roses originating in Morocco

No L 18/8                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  24. 1 . 91
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 155/91
                                                          of 23 January 1991
                    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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
                                                                           maximum spread at any given moment for spot rate
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the                              transactions of 2,25 % a conversion rate based on
application of preferential customs duties on imports of
                                                                           their central rate multiplied by the correcting factor
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and
                                                                           provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 )
Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                           of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last
3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,
                                                                           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
for the application of a preferential customs duty on                 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations                     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                      a period to be determined, multiplied by the
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community ;                          coefficient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 728/90 (3) opens                  Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for large­
and provides for the administration of Community tariff                flowered roses originating in Morocco by Regulation
quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating             (EEC) No 728/90 was suspended by Commission
in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel respectively ;                   Regulation (EEC) No 94/91 (9);
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be                Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the              specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not             700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which           reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
prices are available on representative Community import                in the first indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer                  4088/87 is met for large-flowered roses originating in
price for a period, calculated from the actual date of                 Morocco ; whereas the preferential customs duty should
suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,                    be reintroduced,
— of two successive market days, after suspension under
    Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
— of three successive market days, after suspension
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ;                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, Article 2 (3) of that Regulation stipulates that in
the absence of available price quotations, the preferential
customs duty shall be reintroduced if there are no prices                                         Article 1
for six successive working days from the date the measure
was applied ;
                                                                       For imports of large-flowered roses (CN codes 0603 10 11
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3129/90 (4)                     and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Morocco the
fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses               preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EEC) No
for application of the arrangements for importation from               728 /90 is reintroduced.
the countries in question ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (*), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 (6), laid down                                             Article 2
detailed rules for the application of these arrangements ;
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 January
(') OJ No   L  382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                               1991 .
O   OJ No   L  311 , 17. 11 . 1988 , p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L  81 , 28 . 3. 1990, p. 7.
(4) OJ No   L  299, 30 . 10. 1990, p. 26.                              O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L  72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.                                 (8) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
(4 OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8.                                  O OJ No L 11 , 16. 1 . 1991 , p. 14.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 23 January 1991 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC S HARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission