Council Regulation (EEC) No 1840/88 of 22 June 1988 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for a certain type of polyvinyl butyral

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1840/88 of 22 June 1988 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for a certain type of polyvinyl butyral
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community temporarily depends on imports from third countries for its supplies of polyvinyl butyral; whereas it is in the Community's interest to suspend fully the normal duty applicable for the product in question, within a Community tariff  quota of appropriate volume; whereas in order not to interfere with the prospects for developing production of this product in the Community and at the same time ensure an adequate supply to satisfy user industries, it is advisable to limit the benefit  of the tariff quota to a quantity of 2 000 tonnes to open the quota for the period up to and including 31 December 1988;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to allow all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the quota and to ensure uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member  States until the quota has been used up; whereas, in the present case, it seems advisable not to allocate this quota among the Member States but to allow them to draw against the quota volume such quantities as they may need, under the conditions and according to the procedure specified in Article 1 (2); whereas this method of management 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 being used up and inform the Member States thereof;
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, all transactions concerning the administration of shares allocated to that  economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,