16. 7. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 197/11 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1951/92 of 13 July 1992 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine breeds : 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 Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the European Economic Community undertook, within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to open an annual Community tariff quota of 5 000 head at a duty of 4 % for bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine breeds ; whereas eligibility for such quota is subject to submission of the following documents : — bulls : a pedigree certificate, — female animals : a pedigree certificate or certificate or registration in the herdbook, certifying purity of breed ; Whereas the abovementioned tariff quota should there- fore be opened for the period 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 at a duty of 4 % ; whereas a check should be carried out to ascertain that the imported animals have not been slaughtered within a certain period ; Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure equal and continuous access for all Community importers to the abovementioned quota, and the uninterrupted application of the quota duties, to all imports of the animals in ques- tion until the quota is exhausted ; whereas the necessary measures should be taken to ensure efficient administra- tion of this tariff quota, taking into account the Commu- nity nature of the quota and special factors in the trade in these animals; whereas to this end the Commission should assign to the Member States on request the quanti- ties needed to cover actual imports in accordance with an economically appropriate procedure to be determined; 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 measure concerning the adminis- tration of the quantities levied by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1.  From 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 the duty appli- cable to the import into the Community of the animals designated hereafter shall be suspended at the level and within the limits of the Community tariff quota indi- cated : CN code . Quota Quota duty Order No @ Description volume (%) 09.0003 ex 01029010 | Bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for ex 010290 31 | slaughter, of the following breeds : mottled Simmental breed ex 01029033 | and the Schwyz and Fribourg breeds ex 010290 35 5000 head 4 (a) Taric codes: 010290 10 ° 30, 40 and 50, 010290 31 °21, 29, 31 and 39, 010290 33°20 and 30, 010290 35°21 and 29. Within the limits of this tariff quota, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi- sions in the Act of Accession. 2.  Eligibility for this tariff quota shall be subject to the submission of : — in the case of bulls: a pedigree certificate, — in the case of female animals : a pedigree certificate or certificate of registration in the herdbook, certifying purity of breed. 3. For the purposes of this Regulation, the animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered not intended for slaughter if they are not slaughtered within four months of the date of acceptance of the entry for free circulaion. Derogations may, however, be granted in the event of force majeure duly attested by a local authority certificate setting out the reasons for the slaughter.