Regarding flowers, one of the key Israeli export products, the EU agreed to drop the reference price system existing for some flowers and to slightly increase the existing quota for flowers other than roses and carnations.

Each EU Member State has a competent authority, which provides information on how to apply, checks compliance, and helps companies that want to earn the right to get the Eco-label Flower.

Getting the Flower demands a little extra effort but, significantly, it also provides added value.

(1) Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 lays down the conditions for applying a preferential 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 into the Community of fresh cut flowers.

- box made of 1,5 mm steel (stainless), filled with a 60 mm bottom layer of gravel (size 4 to 8 mm) and a 20 mm top layer of 'sand` (2 to 4 mm); metal gauzes shall stabilise the two layers and prevent the gravel from entering the gas pipe socket; thickness of layers ± 2 mm,

1) OJEC no C 3 of 7 January 1992 During the transitional period before the divestiture of Finaf's baby nappies activities, from 1st June and up to the deadline agreed with the Commission, the parties undertake: - to submit a detailed time schedule for the separation of the baby nappies activities of Finaf from those of the joint ventures as far as production, distribution, marketing and advertising are concerned; - not to charge to the trade in Italy, Spain and Portugal prices for baby nappies exceeding the average European prices for comparable sizes and packagings of the 'Pampers' brand of disposable nappies; - not to include in commercial agreements and in sales conditions between the joint ventures and their customers clauses that would e ...[+++]ither tie such customers to the joint ventures as far as orders for baby nappies are concerned or tie the sales of adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products on one hand with the sales of baby nappies on the other, through rebate schemes, unilateral practices or other marketing methods combining the three products.