COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2803/93 of 11 October 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (fourth series 1993)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2803/93 of 11 October 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (fourth series 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas production in the Community of certain agricultural and industrial products will remain in the course of 1993 unable to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products  of this type will depend to a considerable extend on imports from third countries; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas Community tariff quotas at  zero duty should therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period up to 31 December 1993 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the development of Community production;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned  into all Member States until the quotas have been used up;
Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the  quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however; 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 quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly;
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 the quantities drawn by  that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,