Council Regulation (EEC) No 1293/89 of 3 May 1989 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for new potatoes and fresh table grapes, originating in Cyprus (1989)

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1293/89
of 3 May 1989
opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for new potatoes and fresh table grapes, originating in Cyprus (1989)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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 the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus, as supplemented by the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the said Agreement and adapting certain provisions thereof (1), provides for the opening of two Community tariff quotas as follows:
- 60 000 tonnes for new potatoes falling within CN code 0701 90 59 from 16 May to 30 June,
- 7 500 tonnes for fresh table grapes falling within CN codes ex 0806 10 15 and ex 0806 10 19 from 8 June to 4 August, originating in Cyprus;
Whereas, under Article 18 of the Protocol in question, these volumes are subject to an annual increase from the entry into force of the Protocol and will therefore be 70 000 and 8 600 tonnes respectively in 1989;
Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, the customs duties applicable are to be abolished progressively according to the same timetables and under the same conditions as laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol;
Whereas, however, the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community (2) lays down that those two Member States will propose, until 31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively, implementation of the preferential arrangements for the products covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (4); whereas, consequently, the tariff quota for fresh table grapes applies only to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, whilst that for new potatoes applies to the Community as at present constituted;
Whereas these Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for the periods shown in Article 1;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure that all Community importers enjoy equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quotas and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for those quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; whereas, in the present case, it would appear advisable not to allocate the quotas 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 the procedures specified in Article 3; 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 quota shares levied by that economic union may be carried out by any of its members,