Council Regulation (EEC) No 1607/86 of 26 May 1986 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for table cherries, excluding Morello cherries, falling within subheading ex 08.07 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Switzerland

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1607/86
of 26 May 1986
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for table cherries, excluding Morello cherries, falling within subheading ex 08.07 C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Switzerland
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 Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation was concluded on 22 July 1972; whereas, following the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community, a supplementary protocol is to be signed in the near future; whereas pending the entry into force of this protocol, Council Regulation (EEC) No 774/86 (1) laid down the trade arrangements for agricultural products with Switzerland in particular;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 774/86 provides for the opening, to run from 1 March 1986, of a duty-free Community tariff quota for table cherries, excluding Morello cherries, originating in Switzerland; whereas therefore the tariff quota in question should be opened for the period 1 March to 31 December 1986; whereas, in the absence of a 'prorata temporis' clause, the proposed annual quota volume should be opened for the period under consideration;
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, however, since the quota is to cover requirements which cannot be determined with sufficient accuracy, it should not 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 a procedure to be determined; 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,