Council Regulation (EEC) No 3310/89 of 30 October 1989 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain kinds of prepared or preserved tuna coming from Portugal (1990)

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3310/89
of 30 October 1989
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain kinds of prepared or preserved tuna coming from Portugal (1990)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 362 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 362 of the Act of Accession provides that during the period of progressive elimination of customs duties between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Portugal, certain kinds of sardine, tuna, fish of the genus Euthynnus, certain kinds of mackerel and fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor, prepared or preserved, falling within CN codes ex 1604 13 10, ex 1604 20 50, 1604 14 10, 1604 19 30, 1604 20 70, 1604 15 10, 1604 19 50 and ex 1604 20 50 and coming from Portugal, may be imported free of duty into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 within the limits of annual Community tariff quotas of 5 000 tonnes, 1 000 tonnes and 1 000 tonnes respectively;
Whereas, by virtue of Regulations (EEC) No 3482/88 (1), (EEC) No 839/88 (2) and (EEC) No 1673/89 (3), the customs duties applicable on import into the Community, excluding Spain, of certain prepared or preserved fish other than tuna, coming from Portugal, are suspended; whereas therefore it is appropriate to open, for 1990, only the Community tariff quota laid down for the said tunas, prepared or preserved;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all the Member States until the quota is exhausted; whereas it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to ensure effective Community administration of this tariff quota while offering the Member States the opportunity to draw from the quota volume the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission;
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 may be carried out by any one of its members,