CELEX: 32000R0163
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2000 of 24 January 2000 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

L 19/24                EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                      25. 1. 2000
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/2000
                                                            of 24 January 2000
               re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in
                                                                     Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                         down detailed rules for the application of these arrange-
                                                                                    ments;
                                                                            (5)     Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                    flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC)
Community,
                                                                                    No 1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regulation
                                                                                    (EC) No 58/2000 (8);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21                  (6)     Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-
December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer-                      fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating                     700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and                         reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid
the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                           down in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is
1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                           met for small-flowered roses originating in Israel;
                                                                                    whereas the preferential customs duty should be reintro-
                                                                                    duced;
(1)     Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
        for the application of a preferential customs duty on               (7)     Whereas in between meetings of the Management
        large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                      Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures,
        (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations
        within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for
        imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community;
(2)     Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2530/
        1999 (4), opens and provides for the administration of
        Community tariff quotas for certain products originating
        in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco,
        the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey,
        and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting                                           Article 1
        these tariff quotas;
                                                                            1.     For imports of small-flowered roses (CN code
                                                                            ex 0603 10 10) originating in Israel the preferential customs
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 165/2000 (5)                  duty set by amended Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is reintro-
        fixed Community producer and import prices for carna-               duced.
        tions and roses for application of the arrangements for
        importation from the countries in question;
                                                                            2.     Regulation (EC) No 58/2000 is hereby repealed.
(4)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6),
        as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid
                                                                                                          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.
(4) OJ L 306, 1.12.1999, p. 17.                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January 2000.
(5) See page 28 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.                                             (8) OJ L 6, 11.1.2000, p. 29.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission