Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 190/92 of 27 January 1992 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for fresh strawberries originating in the Occupied Territories and laying down the procedure applicable to certain agricultural products subject to reference quantities originating in the said territories ( 1992 )

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 190/92  of 27 January 1992  opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for fresh strawberries originating in the Occupied Territories and laying down the procedure applicable to certain  agricultural products subject to reference quantities originating in the said territories (1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 of 29 April 1991 on the tariff arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the occupied territories and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3363/86 (1), and in  particular Articles 2 and 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 provides for the elimination of customs duties on imports of the agricultural products set out in Annex II thereto and originating in the Occupied Territories in two equal instalments, on 1 January 1992  and 1 January 1993, and within the periods indicated for each product; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to open on 1 January 1992 the Community tariff quotas laid down for the said products as, per the pro rata temporis calculation, volumes have  reached the levels indicated in Article 1 and the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas duties on strawberries falling within CN code 0810 10 90 are eliminated within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 1 200 tonnes;
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;
Whereas the products set out in the Annex are subject to Community surveillance within a framework of reference quantities and pre-established timetables;
Whereas, in order to enable the competent authorities within the Commission to establish an annual trade balance sheet for each of the products and, if necessary, to put into application the arrangement provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC)  No 1134/91, these products are subject to a statistical surveillance in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2658/81 (2) and (EEC) No 1736/75 (3);
Whereas imports of the products in question are charged against the reference quantities at Community level as and when the products are entered with the customs authorities for free circulation,