Council Regulation (EEC) No 1135/91 of 29 April 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3729/90 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia or Egypt

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1135/91  of 29 April 1991  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3729/90 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia or Egypt
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 by Regulation (EEC) No 3729/90 (1) the Council opened Community tariff quotas for 1991 for certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia or Egypt, including a 4 900-tonne quota at 4 % for dried onions falling within CN  code 0712 20 00, originating in Egypt; whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 455/91 (2), the Council opened an erga omnes 12 000-tonne tariff quota for dried onions at 10 %;
Whereas until the said 12 000-tonne tariff quota has been exhausted, the highest duty applied by the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 to imports of these products from Spain and Portugal is 2,5 %; whereas if and when the said quota is  exhausted, the duty applicable to imports from Spain will be 4 %; whereas the same tariff treatment should be accorded to products originating in Egypt, and Regulation (EEC) No 3729/90 should be amended accordingly,