27.12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 363/39 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3735/90 of 14 December 1990 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fisheries ' products originating in the Canary Islands (1991) : THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of.Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 3 of Protocol 2 thereto, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Article 3 of Protocol 2 and Article 10 of Protocol 3 to the Act of Accession provide that, within the limits of annual Community tariff quotas, fisheries products listed in the Annex and originating in the Canary Islands or Ceuta and Melilla are to qualify for reductions in duties when imported into the customs territory of the Community with the exception of Spain; whereas this tariff preference applies only to products which have been imported during 1982, 1983 or 1984; whereas there is no trade in the said products originating in Ceuta and Melilla and thus no need to open quotas for these products originating in those territories; whereas, calculated on the basis of the abovementioned Article 3, the quota volumes for these products originating in the Canary Islands are as follows: — 604 tonnes of certain products falling within CN codes ex 0301, ex 0302, ex 0303 or ex 0304, — 3 429 tonnes of certain products falling within CN codes ex 0306 or.ex 0307, — 539 tonnes of certain products falling within CN codes 1604 11 00 to 1604 30 90, and '— 227 tonnes of products falling within CN code 2301 20 00; Whereas there are no imports of the other products; Whereas the products imported under these quotas are to qualify for the progressive reduction in customs duties according to the same timetable and under the same conditions as provided for in Article 173 of the Act of Accession, provided the reference prices are observed; whereas by virtue of Regulation (EEC) No 3482/88 (1), the customs duty applicable to the import into the Community of Ten, of prepared or preserved sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus, coming from Spain, shall be subject to a flat-rate reduction of five points; whereas however, where the products concerned are imported into Portugal, the duties applicable are to be calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act of Accession; (1) O] No L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 1. Whereas, by Regulations (EEC) No 839/88 (2) and (EEC) No 1673/89 (3), collection of customs duties applicable in the Community of Ten pursuant to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal to fishery products, imported from Spain and Portugal, shall be totally suspended; Whereas, however, by virtue of the provisions of Regulation (EEC)No 1673/89, this tariff suspension is not applicable to certain fishery products listed in the Annex to that Regulation; Whereas it is possible that for certain products indicated in the Annex to this Regulation the Community adopts a more favourable tariff regime to that currently applicable, in the framework of tariff quotas or tariff suspensions; whereasit is appropriate, in the context, to grant to products originating in the Canary Islands treatment as favourable as that given to the same products from that part of Spain included in the " customs territory of the Community, as is provided for in Article 3 of Protocol 2 of the Act of Accession; Whereas equal and continuous access to the said quotas should be ensured for all Community importers and the 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 necessary measures should be taken to ensure that these tariff quotas are administered efficiently and on a Community basis, so that Member States have the option of drawing the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports recorded, from the quota volume; whereas this method of administration calls for close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission; 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 the quotas may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. From 1 January to 31 December 1990 the customs duties applicable to imports into the Community with the exception of Spain of the products originating in the Canary () OJ No L 87, 31.3.1988, p. 1. (3) O] No L 164, 16. 6. 1989, p. 1.