Council Regulation (EEC) No 665/91 of 18 March 1991 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products (1991)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 665/91  of 18 March 1991  opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain industrial products (1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas production in the Community of certain industrial products will remain in the course of 1991 unable to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of this type  will depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas Community tariff quotas at zero duty should  therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period up to 30 June 1991 or a period up to 31 December 1991 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the starting out or development of Community  production;
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned  into all Member States until the quotas have been used up;
Whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to ensure efficient Community administration of these tariff quotas while offering the Member States the opportunity to draw from the quota volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to  actual imports; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be to 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, all transactions concerning the administration of the quantities draw by  that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members,