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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1227/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/1227",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2006 of 14 August 2006 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and Gaza Strip",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2006\nof 14 August 2006\nrepealing Regulation (EEC) No 700/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and Gaza Strip\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing the 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, and in particular Article 5 thereof;\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCyprus has acceded to the Community with effect from 1 May 2004.\n(2)\nThe Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the State of Israel concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Association Agreement, approved by Council Decision 2003/917/EC, provides for preferential conditions for imports of flowers originating in Israel with effect from 1 January 2004.\n(3)\nThe Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of the agricultural protocols to the EC-Morocco Association Agreement, approved by Council Decision 2003/914/EC, provides for preferential conditions for imports of flowers originating in Morocco with effect from 1 January 2004.\n(4)\nThe Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Palestinian Authority Interim Association Agreement, approved by Council Decision 2005/4/EC, provides for preferential conditions for imports of flowers originating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with effect from 1 January 2005.\n(5)\nThe Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement as well as replacing Annexes I, II, III and IV and Protocols 1 and 2 to that Agreement, approved by Council Decision 2006/67/EC, provides for preferential conditions for imports of flowers originating in Jordan with effect from 1 January 2006.\n(6)\nDetailed rules for the application of the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as foreseen in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/88, and other management measures are therefore no longer necessary.\n(7)\nRegulation (EEC) No 700/88 should therefore be repealed.\n(8)\nThe measure provided for in this Regulation is in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Live Plants,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/97 (OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 67."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 119."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 117."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "OJ L 41, 13.2.2006, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "OJ L 41, 13.2.2006, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97 (OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1)."
    }
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