Council Regulation (EEC) No 3913/92 of 17 December 1992 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (first series 1993)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NÂ° 3913/92 of 17 December 1992 opening and  providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial  products (first series 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  28 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas production in the Community of certain agricultural and industrial products will remain in  the course of 1993 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 reduced or at zero duty should therefore be opened within the limits of  appropriate volumes for a period up to 30 June or 31 December 1993 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 the decision for the opening of autonomous 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 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 the quantities drawn by that economic union may be  carried out by any one of its members,