Council Regulation (EEC) No 3005/88 of 26 September 1988 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus (1988/89)

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3005/88
of 26 September 1988
opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for cut flowers and flowers buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus (1988/89)
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 Article 19 of the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting certain provisions thereof (1), stipulates that cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, falling within CN codes 0603 10 11 to 0603 10 69 and originating in Cyprus shall be imported into the Community at Reduced Rates of duty within the limits of an annual Community tariff quota of 50 tonnes; whereas, pursuant to Articles 18 and 19 of the Protocol in question, this volume is subject to an annual increase of 5 % from the entry into force of the said Protocol, and will therefore be 55 tonnes for the period 1988/89; whereas within the limits of this tariff quota, customs duties are to be abolished progressively according to the same timetables and under the same conditions laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the said Protocol; whereas in the context of the said quota, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic will apply customs duties calculated in accordance with 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);
Whereas roses with large or small flowers and carnations of the unifloral or multifloral type are covered by the quota only where they meet the conditions laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of prefential customs duties on imports of certain floricultural products originating in Cyprus, Israel or Jordan (3); whereas these tariff advantages apply only to imports for which certain price conditions are complied with; whereas the Community tariff quota should therefore be opened for the period from 1 November 1988 to 31 October 1989 amounting to 55 tonnes for the period in question;
Whereas equal and continous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the product in question into all the Member States until the quota is exhausted; whereas, in the present case, in view of the insignifiant utilization of the quota and the concentration of the imports on the market of two Member States, the quota should not be allocated among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as they may need, under conditions and according to the procedure laid down in Article 1 (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 quota is used and uniform 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 quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,