31989R0535

No L 59/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 3. 89

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 535/89

of 1 March 1989

reintroducing the preferential customs duty on imports of small -flowered roses originating in Israel

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 (9), laid down detailed rules for the application of these arrangements ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas to permit the import arrangements to function in the normal manner prices on importation should be calculated using Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the — for currencies maintained against each other within a application of preferential customs duties on imports of maximum spread at any given moment for spot rate certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and transactions of 2,25 % a conversion rate based on Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No their central rate multiplied by the correcting factor 3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof, 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 1636/87 (n), 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 the preferential customs duty fixed for small­ Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 3005/88 (3), flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EEC) (EEC) No 3175/88 (4), (EEC) No 3552/88 0 and (EEC) No No 4078/88 was suspended by Commission Regulation 4078/88 (*) open and provide for the administration of (EEC) No 478/89 0 2); Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as respectively ; 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 small-flowered roses originating in prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not Israel ; whereas the preferential customs duty should be deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : suspension =of the actual preferential customs duty,

— 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 small-flowered roses (CN code under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ; ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Israel the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EEC) No 4078/88 is reintroduced with effect from 2 March 1989 . Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3557/88 f) 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 2 March 1989. (') OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22. h OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 271 , 1 . 10. 1988, p. 7. o OJ No L 72, 18 . 3. 1988, p. 16. (4) OJ No L 283, 18 . 10. 1988, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8 . (Ó OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 2. (I0) OJ Ne L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . f) OJ No L 359, 28. 12. 1 988, p. 8. (") OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . n O ! No L 311 , 17 . 11 . 1988, p. 9. (,2) OJ No L 53, 25. 2. 1989, p. 42.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 March 1989 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission