Council Regulation (EEC) No 499/88 of 22 February 1988 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain types of concentrated grape juice falling within code 2009 60 51, 2009 60 71, ex 2009 60 90 or ex 2204 30 91 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Cyprus (1988)

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 499/88
of 22 February 1988
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain types of concentrated grape juice falling within code 2009 60 51, 2009 60 71, ex 2009 60 90 or ex 2204 30 91 of the combined nomenclature and originating in Cyprus (1988)
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 Article 19 of the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting certain provisions thereof (1) stipulates that certain types of concentrated grape juice falling within code 2009 60 51, 2009 60 71, ex 2009 60 90 or ex 2204 30 91 of the combined Nomenclature and originating in Cyprus shall be imported into the Community at reduced rates of duty within the limits of an annual Community tariff quota of 3 000 tonnes; whereas, under the said Article 19, this volume is subject to an annual increase of 5 % from the entry into force of the Protocol, and will therefore be 3 150 tonnes in 1988; whereas, within the limits of the tariff quota, the duty applicable is to be abolished progressively according to the same timetable and under the same conditions as laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol; whereas, however, the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and of the Portuguese Republic to the Community (2) stipulates that from the date of its entry into force, the Kingdom of Spain will apply a duty reducing the gap between the rates of basic duty and of prefrential duty, whereas the Portuguese Republic will postpone implementation of the preferential arrangements for the products in question until the start of the second stage;
Whereas the Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for the period from 1 March to 31 December 1988;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the product in question into all the Member States until the quota is exhausted; whereas, however, the quota should not in this case be allocated among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as they may need, under conditions and according to the procedure laid down in Article 1 (2); whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quota is used and inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning the administration of the quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,