Council Regulation (EEC) No 4218/88 of 19 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for apricot pulp originating in Tunisia and Israel (1989)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4218/88 of 19 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for apricot pulp originating in Tunisia and Israel (1989)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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 the Cooperation Agreements between the European Economic Community on the one hand and the Republic of Tunisia (1) and the State of Israel (2) on the other hand, as supplemented by the Additional Protocols to those Agreements (3) (4), provide  for the opening of annual Community tariff quotas for 4 300 tonnes and 150 tonnes respectively of apricot pulp falling within CN code ex 2008 50 91 and originating in those countries;
Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, customs duties are to be phased out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in Articles 75 and 243 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal; whereas the quota duty applicable in  1989 is to be 50 % of the basic duty; whereas, within the limits of these quotas, Spain and Portugal are to apply customs duties calculated in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade  between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey on the other (5) in respect of Tunisia and Council Regulation (EEC) No 4162/87 of 21 December 1987 laying down arrangements for Spain's and Portugal's  trade with Israel and amending Regulations (EEC) No 449/86 and (EEC) No 2573/87 (6) in respect of Israel; whereas the Community tariff quotas in question should therefore be opened for 1989;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota 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 quota is exhausted; whereas, however, the quota should not in this case be allocated among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as they  may need, under the conditions and according to the procedure laid down in Article 2 (1); 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 quota is used and inform the Member States accordingly;
Whereas if, during the quota period, the tariff quota is almost totally used up, it is indispensable that Member States return to this quota the entirety of the drawings made which have not been used, in order to avoid one part of the Community tariff  quota remaining unused in one Member State when it could be used in others;
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 share levied by that  economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,