COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2604/93 of 21 September 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan or Morocco (1993 to 1994)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2604/93 of 21 September 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cut flowers and flower buds, fresh, originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan or Morocco (1993 to 1994)
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 the Additional Protocols to the Agreements between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (1), the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2) and the State of Israel (3) and 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 (4) provide in their respective Articles that fresh cut flowers  and flower buds, falling within the CN codes indicated in Article 1 and originating in the abovementioned countries, may be imported into the Community at reduced rates of customs duty within the limits of annual Community tariff quotas of 300, 50, 17  000 and 50 tonnes respectively; whereas, however, Article 18 of the Protocol with Cyprus provides that the volume of the tariff quota for that country must be increased by 5 % per year from the entry into force of the Protocol;
Whereas the volumes of the tariff quotas relating to other countries concerned must be increased in equal tranches of 3 %, by virtue of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92 of 29 June 1992 amending the arrangements for the import into the Community of  certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia (5);
Whereas roses with large or small flowers and carnations of the unifloral or multifloral types are covered by the quotas only subject to the conditions established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the  application of preferential customs duties on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel and Jordan (6); whereas the application of this Regulation was extended, by Regulation (EEC) No 3551/88 (7), to the same products when originating in  Morocco; whereas the abovementioned preferential tariff advantages are applicable only to those importations respecting certain price conditions;
Whereas the Community quotas in question should be opened for the period 1 November 1993 until 31 October 1994;
Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the  quotas are exhausted;
Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable 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 these quotas may be carried  out by any one of its members,