Council Regulation (EC) No 539/96 of 25 March 1996 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1134/91, (EEC) No 4088/87 and (EC) No 1981/94 with regard to the tariff arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 3 (1):
'Import customs duties shall be eliminated on cut flowers falling within CN code 06 03 10 within the limits of an annual Community tariff quota of 1 500 tonnes.`
2. Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:
'Article 4
The applicable rules of origin shall be as laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (*).
(*) OJ No L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1762/95 (OJ No L 171, 21. 7. 1995, p. 8).`
Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The title shall be 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, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip`.
2. In Article 1 the terms 'originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan and Morocco` shall be replaced by 'originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip`.
3. The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 2 (4):
'These provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.`
Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 is hereby amended as follows:
1. In the first subparagraph of Article 3, the words 'and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip` shall be added after the word 'Morocco`.
2. In Annex X:
- the title shall read as follows:
'WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP`,
- the table shall be supplemented as follows:
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 March 1996.
For the Council
The President
S. AGNELLI
(1) OJ No L 112, 4. 5. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 382, 31. 12. 1987, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3551/88 (OJ No L 311, 17. 11. 1988, p. 1).
(3) OJ No L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3057/95 (OJ No L 326, 30. 12. 1995, p. 3).
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