CELEX: 31999R0817
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 817/1999 of 19 April 1999 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

20. 4. 1999           EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 103/17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 817/1999
                                                        of 19 April 1999
                  re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray)
                                               carnations originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          down detailed rules for the application of these arrange-
                                                                     ments;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for multi-
Community,                                                           florous (spray) carnations originating in Israel by Regula-
                                                                     tion (EC) No 1981/94 was suspended by Commission
                                                                     Regulation (EC) No 512/1999 (8);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87
                                                                     Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci-
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica-
                                                                     fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certain
                                                                     700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and
                                                                     reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
Morocco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/
                                                                     in the last indent of Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No
97 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,
                                                                     4088/87 is met for multiflorous (spray) carnations origin-
                                                                     ating in Israel; whereas the preferential customs duty
                                                                     should be reintroduced;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions
for the application of a preferential customs duty on                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;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4),                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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 these                                       Article 1
tariff quotas;
                                                                     1.    For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN
                                                                     codes ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 816/1999 (5)                   Israel the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC)
fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses             No 1981/94 is reintroduced.
for application of the arrangements for importation from
the countries in question;
                                                                     2.    Regulation (EC) No 512/1999 is hereby repealed.
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 88, 24.3.1998, p. 8.                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 April 1999.
(5) See page 15 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ  L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16.
(7) OJ  L 264, 23.10.1997, p. 33.                                    (8) OJ L 60, 9.3.1999, p. 59.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 19 April 1999.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission