31989R3496

23 . 11 . W No L 340/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3496/89

of 22 November 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 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3556/88 (6), 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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 calculated using : of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties on imports of — for currencies maintained against each other within a certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and maximum spread at any given moment for spot rate Morocco ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No transactions of 2,25 % a conversion rate based on 3551 /88 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof, their central rate multiplied by the correcting factor provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 Q, as last Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 636/87 (8), for the application of a preferential customs duty on large-flowered roses, small-flowered roses, uniflorous — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations arithmetic mean of the spot market rate of the within the limit of tariff quotas opened annually for currency, recorded for a given period, against the imports of fresh cut flowers into the Community ; Community currencies indicated in the preceding indent and of the aforesaid coefficient ; Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 2396/89 (3), open and provide for the administration of Community tariff Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small­ flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EEC) quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating No 2396/89 of the Council was suspended by in Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco and Israel ; Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3128/89 (');

Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as stipulates that the preferential customs duty shall be specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No reintroduced for a given product of a given origin if the 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for prices of the imported product (full rate customs duty not reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down deducted) are, for at least 70 % of the quantities for which in the first indent of Article 2 (3) is met for small­ prices are available on representative Community import flowered roses originating in Israel ; whereas the markets, not less than 85 % of the Community producer preferential customs duty should be reintroduced, price for a period, calculated from the actual date of suspension of the actual preferential customs duty,

— of two successive market days, after suspension under HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 (2) (a) of that Regulation, — of three successive market days, after suspension under Article 2 (2) (b) of that Regulation ; Article 1

For imports of small-flowered roses (CN codes ex Whereas, Article 2 (3) of that Regulation stipulates that in 0603 10 11 and ex 0603 10 51 ) originating in Israel the the absence of available price quotations, the preferential preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EEC) No customs duty shall be reintroduced if there are no prices 2396/89 is reintroduced. for six successive working days from the date the measure was applied. Article 2 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3327/89 (4) fixed Community producer prices for carnations and roses This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 November for application of the arrangements for importation from 1989. the countries in question ;

0 OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1988, p. 16. (') OJ No L 382, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22. («) OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 8. (2) OJ No L 311 , 17. 11 . 1988, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 227, 4. 8 . 1989, p. 9. 0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . 4 OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1989, p. 32. 0 OJ No L 301 , 19 . 10. 1989, p. 17.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 1989.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission