L 318/14 Official Journal of the European Union 3.12.2003 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2122/2003 of 2 December 2003 re-establishing the preferential customs 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 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 (!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (3, and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof, Whereas: ( ( ( ( ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) O ) O] ) O] ) O] ) O Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 fixes conditions for the application of a preferential customs duty on large-flow- ered 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. Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 (}), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 786/2002 (%), opens and provides for the administration of Community tariff quotas for fresh cut flowers and flower buds originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Isracl, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas. The preferential customs duty fixed for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Morocco by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 was suspended by Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1976/2003 (°). L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22. L177,5.7.1997, p. 1. L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. L 124, 14.5.2002, p. 3. L 293,11.11.2003, p. 11. (4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2064/2003 () fixed Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses for application of the arrangements for impor- tation from the countries in question for the period from 26 November to 9 December 2003. On the basis of price recordings made as specified in Regulations (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EEC) No 700/88 it must be concluded that the requirement for reintroduc- tion of the preferential customs duty laid down in Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is met for uniflorous (bloom) carnations originating in Morocco. The preferential customs duty should be reintroduced. In between meetings of the Management Committee for Live Plants and Floriculture Products, the Commission must adopt such measures, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 1. ex 0603 10 20) Atrticle 1 For imports of uniflorous (bloom) carnations (CN code originating in Morocco the preferential customs duty set by Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is reintro- duced. 2. Regulation (EC) No 1976/2003 is hereby repealed. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 December 2003. It shall apply from 26 November 2003. ( OJ L 308, 25.11.2003, p. 13.