CELEX: 31990R3244
Language: en
Date: 1990-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3244/90 of 9 November 1990 reintroducing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel

10 . 11 . 90                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 311 / 11
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3244/90
                                                         of 9 November 1990
                     reintroducing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses
                                                         originating in Israel
 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 (*),
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 2396/89 (3) opens                Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed fo. small­
 and provides for the administration of Community tariff               flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EEC)
quotas for cut flowers and 3129/90 buds, fresh, originating            No 2396/89 was suspended by Commission Regulation
in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel respectively ;                   (EEC) No 2976/90Q ;
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 paragraph of Article 2 (3) relative to the
markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer                 absence of available price quotations for six successive
price for a period, calculated from the actual date of                working days is met for small-flowered roses originating
suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,                    in Israel ; whereas the preferential customs duty should 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 small-flowered roses (CN codes ex
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3129/90 (4)                    0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Israel 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              2396/89 is reintroduced.
the countries in question ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (0, 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 10 November
(') OJ   No   L 382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22.                             1990.
(J) OJ   No   L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .
(J) OJ   No   L 227, 4. 8. 1989, p. 9.
(4) OJ   No   L 299, 30. 10. 1990, p. 26.                             0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No   L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16.                               (•) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
(*) OJ   No   L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8.                            O OJ No L 283, 16. 10. 1990, p. 17.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 9 November 1990.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                Member of the Commission