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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3551/88

OF 14 NOVEMBER 1988

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4088/87 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 PROTOCOL TO THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND MOROCCO PROVIDES THAT PREFERENTIAL CUSTOMS DUTIES SHALL APPLY TO IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF ROSES AND CARNATIONS, WITHIN THE LIMIT OF A TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR ALL FRESH CUT FLOWERS FALLING WITHIN CN CODE 0603 10 ORIGINATING IN MOROCCO; WHEREAS THESE TARIFF ADVANTAGES ARE APPLICABLE ONLY TO IMPORTS WHICH COMPLY WITH CERTAIN PRICE CONDITIONS;

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4088/87 ( 1 ) LAID DOWN CONDITIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF PREFERENTIAL CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE SAID PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS, ISRAEL AND JORDAN; WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF THAT REGULATION MUST BE EXTENDED TO COVER SUCH FLOWERS ORIGINATING IN MOROCCO,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4088/87 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . THE TITLE IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

"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, JORDAN AND MOROCCO';

2 . IN ARTICLE 1, "ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS, ISRAEL OR JORDAN' IS REPLACED BY "ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS, ISRAEL, JORDAN OR MOROCCO '.

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM THE DATE OF APPLICATION OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND MOROCCO .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS, 14 NOVEMBER 1988 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

Y . POTTAKIS

( 1 ) OJ NO L 382, 31 . 12 . 1987, P . 22 .