COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2917/93 of 22 October 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products  originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to 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, Jordan and Morocco (1), as amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 3551/88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,
Whereas Spain has developed producer markets which can be regarded as representative within the meaning of Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87, the vast majority of commercial transactions taking place on those markets and quotations of prices  and quantities being available on a daily basis; whereas the said markets should therefore be mentioned in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 (5);
Whereas Community producer prices are calculated on the basis of the survey of daily prices recorded on each of the representative producer markets for each of the pilot varieties, namely those of the varieties listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No  700/88 which are sold in the largest quantities; whereas those lists were established a number of years ago; whereas since then some varieties have lost the commercial significance they had at that time and whereas other varieties have replaced them;  whereas Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 should therefore be updated;
Whereas pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 the Member States in which the representative producer markets are situated are required to communicate to the Commission the daily prices for the pilot varieties in the week that follows each  two-week period for which a Community producer price is fixed; whereas those prices are communicated in national currencies and have to be converted into ecus for the purposes of calculating the Community producer prices; whereas it is appropriate, for  practical reasons, to adopt a single conversion rate for each two-week period, rather than the daily rates specified in Article 12 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for determining and applying the  agricultural conversion rates (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Live Plants,
Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the third paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'For the establishment of the Community producer price, daily prices shall be ignored if on a representative market they are 40 % or more above or below the average price recorded during the same period on the same market over the preceding three years.  The conversion into ecus of the prices communicated by the Member States shall be made using the agricultural conversion rate applicable on the last day of the two-week period concerned.';
2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'Article 2
The representative producer markets referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 shall be as follows:
- Germany: Neuss,
- France: HyĂ¨res-Ollioules, Nice, Rungis,
- Spain: Barcelona, Murcia,
- Italy: Pescia, San Remo,
- Netherlands: Aalsmeer, Westland.';
3. Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 shall be replaced by the Annexes hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.