COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2105/93 of 22 July 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herring, fresh or chilled, originating in Sweden

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2105/93 of 22 July 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herring, fresh or chilled, originating in Sweden
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 Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden was concluded on 22 July 1972 (1); whereas, following the accession of Spain and Portugal, an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters was concluded between  the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden on the agriculture and fisheries sector; whereas this Agreement approved by Decision 86/558/EEC (2);
Whereas this Agreement provides for the opening, over a period to be determined by common accord, of a 20 000 tonne duty-free Community tariff quota for herring, fresh or chilled, whole, headless or in pieces, originating in Sweden; whereas, therefore,  the tariff quota in question should be opened for the period 15 August 1993 to 14 February 1994;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate of levy for the tariff quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the quota is used up;
Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of tariff quotas should be taken by the Comunity; 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, all transactions concerning the administration of this quota may be carried  out by one of its members,