Council Regulation (EEC) No 847/87 of 23 March 1987 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried, dehydrated or evaporated onions falling within subheading 07.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 847/87
of 23 March 1987
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried, dehydrated or evaporated onions falling within subheading 07.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff
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 the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America for the conclusion of negotiations under GATT Article XXIV. 6, as approved by the Council Decision of 30 January 1987, the Community undertook for the period 1987 to 1990, to open an annual Community tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes at a duty rate of 10 % for dried, dehydrated or evaporated onions, falling within subheading 07.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas, therefore, this tariff quota should be opened for 1987;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure to all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quota and the application, without interruption, of the rate 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 order to safeguard the Community character of this quota, it seems advisable not to allocate the latter 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 a procedure to be specified; 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 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,