Commission Regulation (EC) No 163/2000 of 24 January 2000 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel
L 19/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 1. 2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 163/2000 of 24 January 2000 re-establishing the preferential customs duty on imports of small-flowered roses originating in Israel THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, down detailed rules for the application of these arrange- ments; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (5) Whereas the preferential customs duty fixed for small- flowered roses originating in Israel by Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 was suspended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 58/2000 (8); Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefer- ential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (2), and in particular Article 5 (2) (b) thereof, (6) Whereas on the basis of price recordings made as speci- fied in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for reintroduction of the preferential customs duty laid down in Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is small-flowered roses originating in Israel; met whereas the preferential customs duty should be reintro- duced; for (1) Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions for the application of a preferential customs 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 of fresh cut flowers into the Community; (7) Whereas the Management Committee, the Commission must adopt such measures, in between meetings of (2) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2530/ 1999 (4), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 (3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 165/2000 (5) fixed Community producer and import prices for carna- tions and roses for application of the arrangements for importation from the countries in question; of For imports 1. (CN code ex 0603 10 10) originating in Israel the preferential customs duty set by amended Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is reintro- duced. small-flowered roses 2. Regulation (EC) No 58/2000 is hereby repealed. (4) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (7), laid Article 2 (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 306, 1. 12. 1999, p. 17. (5) See page 28 of this Official Journal. (6) OJ L 72, 18. 3. 1988, p. 16. (7) OJ L 289, 22. 10. 1997, p. 1. This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January 2000. (8) OJ L 6, 11. 1. 2000, p. 29. 25. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 19/25 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission