No L 371/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12. 88 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4229/88 of 19 December 1988 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for sweet peppers, salad beetroot, dried grapes and certain types of concentrated grape juice originating in Cyprus ' (1989) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIEs, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Articles 18 and 19 of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus, as supplemented by the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the said Agreement and adapting certain provisions thereof ('), provide for the opening of annual Community tariff quotas for: — 300 tonnes of sweet peppers falling within CN code 0709 60 10, : ' ~— 1 500 tonnes of salad beetroot falling within CN code ex 0709 30 00, ' — 1 500 tonnes of dried grapes in immediate containers of a net capacity not exceeding 15 kg falling within CN code 08062011, 08062019, ex 08062091 or ex 0806 20 99, and : — 3000 tonnes of certain types of concentrated grape juice falling within CN code 2009 60 51, 2009 60 71, ex 2009 60 90 or ex 2204 30 91, originating in Cyprus ;’ Whereas, pursuant to Article 18 of the Protocol in question, these quantities are subject to an annual increase of 5 % from the entry into force of the Protocol, and the quotas in 1989 will accordingly be 330 tonnes, 1 650 tonnes, 1 650 tonnes and 3 300 tonnes respectively; whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, the customs duties applicable are to be phased out over the same periods and at the same rates as provided for in Articles 5§ and 16 of the said Protocol; Whereas, however, the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community (2), provides that for products covered by ' (') O] No L 393, 31.12. 1987, p. 1. (2) O] No L 393, 31. 12. 1987, p. 36. Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 () as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (*), thase Member States are to postpone application of the preferential arrangements until 31 December 1989 and 31 December 1990 respectively; whereas pursuant to the said Protocol the Portuguese Republic is to postpone application of the preferential arrangements for products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine (°) until the start of the second stage; whereas this Regulation therefore only applies: g — to sweet peppers and salad beetroot in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, — to dried grapes in the Community as at present constituted, and — to concentrated grape juice in the Community excluding Portugal; Whereas these Community tariff quotas should thérefore be opened for 1989; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quota is exhausted; whereas, however, the quota should not, in this case be allocated among the Member States, without prejudice to the drawing against the quota volume of such quantities as they may need, under the conditions and according to the procedure laid down 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 used 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 (®>) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 198, 26.7.1988, p. 1. () O] No L 84,27.3.1987,p. 1.