COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1807/93 of 30 June 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, tafia and arrack originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated with European Economic Community (1993 to 1994)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1807/93 of 30 June 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rum, tafia and arrack originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated with European Economic  Community (1993 to 1994)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Annex V thereto,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Annex V to Decision 91/482/EEC stipulates that rum, tafia and arrack shall be imported into the Community free of customs duties within the limits of a Community tariff quota;
Whereas, until 31 December 1995, the Community each year sets the quantities which may be imported free of customs duties; whereas those quantities are set for 1993 on the basis of the largest annual quantities importes from the overseas countries and  territories (OCT) into the Community during the last three years for which statistics are available; whereas, for 1994, the volume of the quota will be equal to that of the previous year increased by 1 740 hectolitres of pure alcohol;
Whereas, having regard to the levels reached by imports of the products concerned into the Community during the past three years for which statistics are available, on the one hand, and as a result of the application of the method of calculation in  force from 1 January 1994, on the other, the annual quota volume for the period from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994 should be 1 809,28 hectolitres of pure alcohol;
Whereas, however, by virtue of Article 2 (a) of Annex V to Decision 91/482/EEC, the volume of the quota concerned should be increased to 15 000 hectolitres of pure alcohol;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the said quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for this quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all the Member States until the  quota is exhausted; whereas the decision for the opening of tariff quotas in fulfilment of its international obligations should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficient common administration of these quotas, however, there is no  obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however, 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 the quotas may be carried out  by any one of its members,