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,
This Regulation lays down the  conditions for application of a preferential customs duty for large-flowered roses, small-flowered  roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations, within the limit of  tariff quotas opened annually for imports into the Community of all fresh cut flowers falling  within subheading 0603  10 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Cyprus, Israel or  Jordan.
1.    For a given product of a given origin, the preferential customs duty shall  be applicable only if the price of the imported product is at least equal to 85  % of the Community  producer price referred to in Article 3.The price of the imported product shall be established on  representative Community import markets, without deducting the preferential customs duty. 2.    The  preferential customs duty shall, save in exceptional circumstances, be suspended and the Common  Customs Tariff duty imposed for a given product of a given origin:,(a)  if, on two successive  market days, the prices of the imported product are less than 85  % of the Community producer price  in respect of at least 30  % of the quantities for which prices are available on representative  import markets; or(b)if, over a period of five to seven successive market days, the prices of the  imported product are alternately above and below 85  % of the Community producer price in respect  of at least 30  % of the quantities for which prices are available on the representative import  markets and if, for three days during that period, the prices of the imported product have been  below that level. 3.    The preferential customs duty shall be reintroduced for a given product of  a given origin if the prices of the imported product (full-rate customs duty not deducted) are, in  respect of a least 70  % of the quantities for which prices are available on representative  Community import markets, equal to, or more than, 85  % of the Community producer price for a  period, calculated from the actual date of suspension of preferential customs duty,-  of two  successive market days, after suspension under paragraph 2  (a),-of three successive market days,  after suspension under paragraph 2  (b).In the absence of available price quotations, the  preferential customs duty shall be reintroduced if there are no prices for six successive working  days from the date the measure was applied. 4.    In the case of imports into Spain and Portugal of  products originating in the countries mentioned in Article 1:-  the preferential customs duty  applicable shall be determined by the special conditions of application of the Agreements between  the Community and the countries referred to in Article 1, following the accession of Spain and  Portugal,   -during the period when the preferential customs duty is suspended, the customs duty  applicable shall be determined by application of Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of Accession of  Spain and Portugal.
1.    Community producer prices shall be set for each of the four  products mentioned in Article 1 and be applicable for two-week periods. Prices shall be set twice a  year, before 15 May and before 15 October. 2.    For each of the four products the Community price  shall correspond to the average producer price recorded on representative producer markets over the  corresponding period during the three years preceding the date of price-setting referred to in  paragraph 1.The average price for each representative market shall be determined by excluding  prices which, according to procedures to be established, can be considered excessively high or  excessively low in relation to the normal fluctuations observed on that market.
On the  basis of information given to it periodically by Member States or information which it has itself  collected, the Commission shall keep a regular check on the trends both of the price of imports  from each country of origin on the import markets and of producer prices on Community markets.
1.    In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No  234/68  (1), the Commission shall lay down detailed rules for the implementation of this  Regulation, including in particular:-  the definition of the products mentioned in Article 1,-the  list of representative producer markets and representative Community import markets,-the  information to be returned periodically to the Commission by Member States for the purposes of this  Regulation. 2.    In accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission  shall:(a)  fix Community producer prices, as provided for in Article 3;(b)suspend the preferential  customs duty and re-establish the common customs tariff, or reintroduce the preferential customs  duty, as appropriate. However, between the regular meetings of the Management Committee, these  measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
This Regulation shall enter into force on  the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It  shall apply to products originating in each of the three countries concerned as from the date of  application of the relevant additional Protocol.
This Regulation shall be binding  in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.