Council Regulation (EEC) No 4097/88 of 16 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for sweet, clear-fleshed cherries, marinated in alcohol, falling within CN code EX 2008 60 39 and intended for the manufacture of chocolate products (1989)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4097/88 of 16 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for sweet, clear-fleshed cherries, marinated in alcohol, falling within CN code ex 2008 60 39 and intended for the  manufacture of chocolate products (1989)
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 Community production of sweet, clear-fleshed cherries marinated in alcohol and intended for the manufacture of confectionery (in particular chocolate products) is currently insufficient to meet the requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas the Community depends to a considerable extent on imports from third countries for its supplies of products of this type; whereas it is in the Community's interest to suspend partially the customs duty  for the products in question, within a Community tariff quota of an appropriate volume; whereas, in order not to interfere with the prospects for developing production in the Community and at the same time ensure an adequate supply to satisfy user  industries, it is advisable that the tariff quota should cover only products which meet certain criteria relating to use, to open the quota for the period 1 January to 31 December 1989 and to set the volume at 3 000 tonnes, this being the quantity it is  necessary to import from third countries during that period, and to set the quota duty at 10 %;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to allow all Community importers equal and uninterrrupted access to the quota and to ensure uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member  States until the quota has been used up; whereas,
in the present case, it seems advisable not to allocate this quota among the Member States but to allow them to draw against the quota volume such quantities as they may need, under the conditions and according to the procedure specified in Article 2  (1); 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 being used up and inform the Member States  accordingly;
Whereas if, during the quota period, the tariff quota is almost totally used up, it is indispensable that Member States return to this quota the entirety of the drawings made which have not been used, in order to avoid one part of the Community tariff  quota remaining unused in one Member State when it could be used in others;
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 shares levied by that  economic union may be carried out by any of its members,