Council Regulation (EEC) No 1390/89 of 22 May 1989 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for herrings, frozen fillets of hake and certain eels

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1390/89
of 22 May 1989
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for herrings, frozen fillets of hake and certain eels
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28 and 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in some Agreements under Article XXIV (6) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Community has undertaken to open each year, subject to compliance with the reference prices, and for which the periods, the customs duties and the amounts applicable have been already determined, Community tariff quotas for herring, fresh, chilled or frozen, and for frozen fillets of hake (Merluccius spp.) presented in the form of industrial blocks with bones ('standard'); whereas supplies to the processing industries of eels, fresh, chilled or frozen, intended for processing by curing or skinning enterprises or for use in the industrial manufacture of products falling within CN code 1604 still depend to a large extent on imports from third countries; whereas, from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 the levy of the customs duty applicable should therefore be suspended totally on imports of the relevant products up to an appropriate quantitative limit; whereas the introduction of a Community measure of this nature is unlikely to harm Community production; whereas demand not met by Community production can be estimated at 5 250 tonnes for the period in question; whereas a tariff quota for the relevant types of eel should therefore be opened for this period on the conditions set out above; whereas the fixing of the quota volume at this level does not, however, prevent its readjustment during the quota period;
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, in the present case, they should not be allocated among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volumes of such quantities as they may need, under the conditions and according to a procedure to be determined; 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 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 shares levied by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,