Council Regulation (EEC) No 3411/89 of 23 October 1989 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain wine of designated origin, originating in Algeria (1990)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3411/89  of 23 October 1989  opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain wine of designated origin, originating in Algeria (1990)
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 20 of the Commission Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (1), as amended by the Additional Proposal to that Agreement (2), provides that certain wine of designated origin  falling within CN codes ex 2204 21 25, ex 2204 21 29, ex 2204 21 35 or ex 2204 21 39 originating in Algeria shall be exempt from customs duties on import into the Community within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 200 000 hectolitres; whereas  the wine must be put up in containers holding two lires or less; whereas the wine must be accompanied either by a certificate of designation of origin in accordance with the model given in Annex D to the Agreement or, by way of derogation, by a document  VI 1 or a VI 2 extract annotated in compliance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85 (3);
Whereas, however, 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 (4) provides for the  Portuguese Republic to defer until 31 December 1990 the application of the preferential arrangements for the products in question; whereas, consequently this Regulation does not apply to Portugal; whereas the Community tariff quota in question sould be  opened for 1990;
Whereas the wine in question is subject to compliance with the free-at-frontier reference price; whereas, in order that such wine may benefit from this tariff quota, Article 54 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No  1236/89 (6), must be complied with;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into the Member States until the quota is  exhausted; whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to ensure efficient Community administration of this tariff quota while offering the Member States the opportunity to draw from the quota volume the necessary quantities corresponding  to actual imports; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission;
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 may be carried out  by any one of its members,