Council Regulation (EEC) No 637/93 of 17 March 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community quota for chemically pure fructose originating in third countries not bound to the Community by a preferential trade agreement (1993)

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) No 637/93 of 17 March 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community quota  for chemically pure fructose originating in third countries not bound to the Community by a  preferential trade agreement (1993)
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 Article 7a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade  arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products   (1), provides that the variable component which is imposed, as from 1 July 1990, on imports of the  products falling within CN code 1702  50  00, originating in third countries not bound to the  Community by a preferential trade agreement, will be equal to the levy referred to in Article 16  (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81  (2), imposed on imports of products falling within CN codes  1702  30  10, 1702  40  10, 1702  60  10 and 1702  90  30;
Whereas, in the current context of the Uruguay Round, it is appropriate to maintain the possibility  of exporting to the Community market chemically pure fructose originating in third countries not  bound to the Community by a preferential trade agreement; whereas this aspect is fulfilled if the  possibility for individual agricultural products, originating in the aforesaid third countries, to  penetrate the Community market is not less, in 1993, than the average for 1987 and 1988; whereas  the average imports of chemically pure fructose, originating in these countries, during 1987 and  1988, amounted to 4  504 tonnes; whereas it is therefore appropriate to open, for 1993, a Community  quota, exempt from the variable component, for an amount equal to 4  504 tonnes;
Whereas equal and continuous 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 the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of a  tariff quota should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a comon  administration of this quota, there is no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from  the quota-volume 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 quota is 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 drawings made by that economic union may be carried out by any  one of its members,