CELEX: 31989R0697
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 697/89 of 17 March 1989 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel

No L 76/24                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  18 . 3 . 89
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 697/89
                                                         of 17 March 1989
                  re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of multiflorous (spray)
                                                  carnations originating in Israel
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 ("), as
                                                                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 ('), laid down
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                detailed rules for the application of these arrangements ;
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas to permit the import arrangements to function
                                                                     in the normal manner prices on importation should be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                 calculated using
of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the
application of preferential customs duties on imports of             — for currencies maintained against each other within a
certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and                 maximum spread at any given moment for spot rate
Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                            transactions of 2,25% a conversion rate based on
3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof,                their central rate multiplied by the correcting factor
                                                                          provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 )
                                                                          of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 (10), as last
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (u)»
for the application of a preferential customs duty on                — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rate of the
(bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations                    currency, recorded for a given period, against the
within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for                     Community currencies indicated in the preceding
imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community ;                         indent and of the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 3005/88 (3),                    Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for
(EEC) No 3175/88 (<), (EEC) No 3552/88 Q and (EEC) No                multiflorous (spray) carnations originating in Israel by
4078/88 (6) open and provide for the administration of               Regulation (EEC) No 4078/88 was suspended by
Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds,             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 600/89 (12) ;
fresh, originating in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel
respectively ;                                                       Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as
                                                                     specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No
                                                                     700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for
Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87                 reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down
stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be               in the first indent of Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the            4088/87 is met for multiflorous (spray) carnations
prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not           originating in Israel ; whereas the preferential customs
deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which         duty should be reintroduced,
prices are available on representative Community import
markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer
price for a period, calculated from the actual date of
suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— of two successive market days, after suspension under
                                                                                               Article 1
     Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation,
— of three successive market days, after suspension                   For imports of multiflorous (spray) carnations (CN code
     under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ;                    ex 0603 10 53) originating in Israel the preferential
                                                                     customs duty set by Regulation (EEC) No 4078/88 is
                                                                      reintroduced.
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3557/88 Q
 fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses
 for application of the arrangements for importation from                                      Article 2
 the countries in question ;
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 March 1989.
 (<) OJ No   L 382,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.
 (J  OJ No   L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No   L 271 , 1 . 10. 1988, p. 7.                              (•) OJ No L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.
 (<) OJ No   L 283,  18. 10. 1988, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 17 March 1989.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission