Council Regulation (EEC) No 3732/90 of 13 December 1990 establishing Community statistical surveillance for certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta and Morocco which are subject to reference quantities (1991)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3732/90
of 13 December 1990
establishing Community  statistical surveillance for certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Yugoslavia,  Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta and Morocco which are subject to reference quantities  (1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 451/89 of 20 February 1989 concerning the procedure to  be applied to certain agricultural products originating in various Mediterranean third countries  (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Additional Protocols to the Cooperation Agreements between the European Economic  Community and Cyprus (2), Yugoslavia (3), Egypt (4), Jordan (5), Israel (6), Tunisia (7), Syria  (8), Malta (9) and Morocco (10) have been concluded; whereas these Protocols provided for the  progressive reduction, subject to reference quantities laid down within a set timetable, of the  customs duties applicable to certain agricultural products originating in those countries and  covered by the respective Agreements;
Whereas, under the respective Agreements, when the rate of customs duty applied to imports into the  Community of Ten of an agricultural product subject to a reference quantity is lower than that  applying in respect of Spain, Portugal or both of these Member States, the process of dismantling  begins once duty on imports of that product from Spain and Portugal falls below that applied to  imports of the product in question from the other countries; whereas, for this reason, the Annex to  this Regulation lists only products in respect of which tariff dismantling begins or continues in  1991;
Whereas, in order to enable the competent authorities within the Commission to establish an annual  trade balance sheet for each of the agricultural products concerned and, if necessary, to put into  application the arrangement provided for in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 451/89 of the  products are subject to a statistical surveillance;
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Whereas imports of the products in question are charged against the reference quantities at  Community level within pre-established timetables, as and when the products are entered with the  customs authorities for free circulation; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to establish  reference quantities for those products listed in the Annex,