CELEX: 31998R2465
Language: en
Date: 1998-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2465/98 of 16 November 1998 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco

17. 11. 98             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 307/11
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2465/98
                                                     of 16 November 1998
                   re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of uniflorous (standard)
                                             carnations originating in Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                     and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                     conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                whereas detailed rules on the application and deter-
Community,                                                           mination of these conversions were set by Commission
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as amended by Regula-
                                                                     tion (EC) No 961/98 (11);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-
tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certain            Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for
flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco            uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco by
and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended            Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 was suspended by Commis-
by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and last in particular            sion Regulation (EC) No 2377/98 (12);
Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-
                                                                     fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
for the application of a preferential customs duty on                reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous               in Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met for
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations               uniflorous (standard) carnations originating in Morocco;
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                whereas the preferential customs duty should be reintro-
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;                     duced;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last              Whereas in between meetings of the Management
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),                 Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
opens and provides for the administration of Community
tariff quotas for certain products originating in Cyprus,
Egypt, Israel, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed
rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2464/98 (5)
fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-
tions and roses for application of the arrangements for                                         Article 1
importation from the countries in question;
                                                                     1. For imports of uniflorous (standard) carnations (CN
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as                codes ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid                 Morocco the preferential customs duty set by Regulation
down detailed rules for the application of these arrange-            (EC) No 1981/94 is reintroduced.
ments;
                                                                     2.    Regulation (EC) No 2377/98 is hereby repealed.
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used to
                                                                                                Article 2
(1)  OJ  L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22.
(2)  OJ  L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1.
(3)  OJ  L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1.                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 November
(4)  OJ  L 88, 24. 3. 1998, p. 8.                                    1998.
(5)  See page 9 of this Official Journal.
(6)  OJ  L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
(7)  OJ  L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1.                                  (10) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
( 8) OJ  L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.                                  (11) OJ L 135, 8. 5. 1998, p. 5.
( 9) OJ  L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.                                    (12) OJ L 295, 4. 11. 1998, p. 11.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 16 November 1998.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission