COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 941/1999 of 4 May 1999 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Morocco
L 117/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 5. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 941/1999 of 4 May 1999 suspending the preferential customs duties and re-establishing the Common Customs Tariff duty on imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Morocco THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the applica- tion of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, the West Bank and Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions for applying a preferential duty on 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 fresh cut flowers; Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 650/98 (4), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, origin- ating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (6), lays down the detailed rules for the application of the arrange- ments; (1) OJ L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22. (2) OJ L 177, 5. 7. 1997, p. 1. (3) OJ L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1. (4) OJ L 88, 24. 3. 1998, p. 8. (5) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16. (6) OJ L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1. Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 938/1999 (7) fixes the Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for the application of the import arrangements; Whereas, on the basis of prices recorded pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88, it must be concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 for suspen- sion of for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Morocco; whereas the Common Customs Tariff duty should be re-established; the preferential customs duty are met Whereas the quota for the products in question covers the period 1 November 1998 to 31 May 1999; whereas, as a result, the suspension of the preferential duty and the reintroduction of the Common Customs Tariff duty apply up to the end of that period at the latest; the Management Whereas, Committees, the Commission must adopt such measures, in between meetings of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN codes ex 0603 10 13 and ex 0603 10 53) originating in Morocco, the preferential customs duty fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty is hereby re-established. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 1999. (7) See page 18 of this Official Journal. 5. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 117/25 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 May 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission