Council Regulation (EEC) No 4223/88 of 19 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for new potatoes originating in Egypt (1989)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4223/88 of 19 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for new potatoes originating in Egypt (1989)
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 proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 1 of the Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (1) provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for imports into the Community of 98 000 tonnes of  new potatoes falling within CN code ex 0701 90 51 from 1 January to 31 March, originating in Egypt;
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 duties for 1989  are equal to 50 % of the basic duties;
Whereas within the limits of the said tariff quotas the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic 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 (2); whereas Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for new potatoes from 1 January to 31 March 1989;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the product in question into all the Member States until the quota is  exhausted; whereas it is appropriate not to provide for allocation among Member States, without prejudice to the drawing, on the tariff quota, of such quantities as they may need, under 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 tariff quota is used 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, any operation concerning the administration of the quota shares levied by  that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,