Council Regulation (EEC) No 3445/87 of 17 November 1987 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for Chinese cabbages falling within subheading 07.01 B ex III of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the Canary Islands (1987)

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3445/87
of 17 November 1987
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for Chinese cabbages falling within subheading 07.01 B ex III of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the Canary Islands (1987)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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 6 and 10 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, under Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1391/87, Chinese cabbages falling within subheading 07.01 B ex III of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the Canary Islands shall qualify during the period 1 November to 31 December each year on import into the customs territory of the Community for a reduced duty within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 100 tonnes;
Whereas, when the said product is imported into that part of Spain which is included in the customs territory of the Community, it qualifies for exemption from customs duties; whereas, when the said product is imported into Portugal, the quota duty applicable is to be calculated on the basis of the relevant provisions of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal; whereas, when the said product is released for free circulation in the remainder of the customs territory of the Community, it qualifies for the progressive reduction of the customs duty according to the same timetable and under the same conditions as those provided for in the Act of Accession for the same products and imported from Spain and Portugal; whereas, to qualify for the tariff quota, the product in question has to comply with certain marking and labelling conditions designed to prove its origin;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure to all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up; whereas, however, since the quota is to cover requirements which cannot be determined with sufficient accuracy, it seems possible to avoid allocating it among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as they may need, under 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,