Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel and Jordan

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions  for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in  Cyprus, Israel and Jordan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
, Having regard to  the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the additional Protocols to the  Association or Cooperation Agreements between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and  Cyprus, Israel and Jordan, on the other, provide that preferential customs duties shall be applied  to imports into the Community of roses and carnations, within the limit of tariff quotas opened for  imports of all fresh cut flowers falling within subheading 0603  10 of the combined nomenclature  and originating in the said States; whereas these tariff advantages are applicable only to imports  which comply with certain price conditions; Whereas this Regulation should state the price  conditions with which imports of roses and carnations must comply in order to qualify for the  application of preferential customs duties and should also set both the conditions for suspending  the preferential tariff arrangement when these conditions are no longer met and the conditions for  its subsequent reintroduction; Whereas price conditions to be complied with for imported products  are determined according to Community producer prices; whereas, in the light of the extremely  volatile and short-term fluctuations in the prices of the products in question in the Community,  these producer prices should be set for two-week periods, on the basis of the average  representative market price during the previous three years, excessive fluctuations being  disregarded,