No L 132/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 5. 88 / COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1451/88 of 27 May 1988 establishing a ceiling and Community surveillance for 1mports of iceberg lettuce orlgmatmg in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun- tries and territories (1988) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to gncultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing - of agricultural products ongmatmg in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821/87 (3, and in particular Article 13a and 22 thereof ; Whereas Article 13a of Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 stipulates that products listed there, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories are subject on importation into the Community to progressively reduced rates of duty; whereas such reduction of duties applies only up to ceilings above which the customs duties actually applied in respect of third countries may be re-established ; Whereas, within the limits of this tariff ceiling, the customs duty is reduced progressively by the percentage specified in that Article, during the same period and in accordance with the same timetable as provided for in Articles 75 and 268 of the Act of Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic ; whereas by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1450/88 of 27 May 1988, concerning duties appllcable to imports of iceberg lettuce from Spain and Portugal into the Community as constituted d6n 31 December 1985 (%), a partial suspension of customs duties to these Member States has been adopted for the period 1 July to 30 September 1988 ; whereas the same rates of duties should be applied to- the imports of these products ongmatmg in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ; Whereas by virtue of Council Regulation (EEC) No "1820/87 of 25 June 1987 concerning the application of Decision No 2/87 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on the advance implementation of the Protocol consequent on the Accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities to the Third ACP-EEC Convention (*), Spain and Portugal are to postpone implementation of the preferential arrangements for fruit and vegetables falling within Regulation (EEC) No () OJ No L 61, 1. 3. 1985, () OJ No L 172 30. 6. 1987 p 102, (°) See page 25 of this Official Journal. () OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 1. 1035/72 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1113/88 (%), until 31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively ; whereas consequently, the abovemen- tioned tariff concession does not apply at present in Spain or Portugal ; Whereas the application of ceilings requires the Community to be regularly informed of the trend of 1mports of the relevant products originating in these countries ; whereas imports should, therefore, be made subject to a system of surveillance; Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an administrative procedure based on offsetting imports of the products in question against the ceiling at Community level as and when these products are entered with customs authorities for free circulation ; whereas this administrative procedure must make provision for the possible re-establishment of the customs tariff duty as soon as the ceiling is reached at Community level ; Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and particularly swift cooperation between the Member States and the Commission; whereas the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the progress of quantities charged against the ceiling and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this cooperation has to be particularly close since the Commission must be able to take the appropriate measures to re-establish the customs tariff duty if the ceiling is reached; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and' Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. Imports of products listed in the Annex originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories shall, in the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985, be subject to a ceiling and to Community surveillance. The products referred to in the first paragraph, theit CN code, the customs duty applicable, the period of validity, and the level of the ceiling is set out in the Annex. () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 33.