COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3636/93 of 16 December 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fruits and fruit juices

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3636/93 of 16 December 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fruits and fruit juices
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas pursuant to the Agreement with the United States of America on the Mediterranean preferences, citrus and pasta, the Community has undertaken to suspend provisionally and in part the customs duties applicable to certain fruits and fruit juices  within the limits of Community tariff quotas of appropriate volumes and of varying duration; whereas in order to ensure the balance of reciprocal concessions provided for in the Agreement, the Commission may, by means of a Regulation, suspend the  application of the tariff measures in question;
Whereas the use of these tariff quotas is, however, conditional on presentation to the Community customs authorities of a certificate of authenticity issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin certifying that the products comply with  the specific characteristics laid down;
Whereas Community tariff quotas for sweet oranges of high quality, citrus hybrids known as 'Minneolas' and certain types of frozen concentrated orange juice should therefore be opened for all or part of 1994;
Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the  quotas are exhausted;
Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to  authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; 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, any operation concerning the administration of quantities drawn by that  economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,