Council Regulation (EC) No 1829/96 of 16 September 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1829/96 of 16 September 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas production in the Community of certain industrial products will remain in the course of 1996 unable to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of this type will depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms;
Whereas by Regulation (EC) No 3059/95 (1) the Council opened, for 1996, Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products; whereas the volume of the quota should be opened from the date of entry into force of this Regulation within the limits of appropriate volumes taking into account the need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the starting out or development of Community production;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up;
Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however, 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 up and inform the Member States accordingly,