Council Regulation (EEC) No 3242/88 of 18 October 1988 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for Chinese cabbages and fresh table grapes originating in the Canary Islands (1988/89)

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3242/88
of 18 October 1988
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for Chinese cabbages and fresh table grapes originating in the Canary Islands (1988/89)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1391/87 of 18 May 1987 concerning certain adjustments to the arrangements applied to the Canary Islands (1), and in particular Articles 5, 6 and 10 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1391/87 provide for the opening of Community tariff quotas for imports into the Community of:
- 100 tonnes of Chinese cabbages falling within CN code ex 0704 90 90 for the period 1 November to 31 December and
- 100 tonnes of fresh table grapes falling within CN code ex 0806 10 15, originating in the Canary Islands, for the period 1 January to 31 March;
Whereas, where the said products are imported into that part of Spain which is included in the customs territory of the Community, they qualify for exemption from customs duties and are not subject to observance of the reference price; whereas, where the said products are imported into Portugal, the quota duties aplicable are to be calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act of Accession; whereas, where the said products are released for free circulation in the remainder of the customs territory of the Community, they qualify for the progressive reduction of customs duties according to the same timetable and under the same conditions as those provided for in Article 75 of the Act of Accession, provided that for fresh table grapes the reference prices are observed; whereas, to qualify for the tariff quotas, the products in question have to comply with certain marking and labelling conditions designed to prove their origin;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; whereas however, since the quotas are to cover requirements which cannot be determined with sufficient accuracy, they should not be allocated among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volumes of such quantities as they may need, under conditions and according to a procedure to be determined; 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 quotas are 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,