2.3.93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 50/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 470/93 of 25 February 1993 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty and the agricultural levy on, and opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for, certain mixtures of malt sprouts and barley screenings 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 the products referred to in Article 1 have been imported, free of duty and for several years, from the United States into the Community, and classified under CN code 23033000 ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3802/92 () has recently classified the products in question under CN code 2309 90 31 or under CN code 2309 90 41, as appro- priate, which provide for collection of the levy; Whereas it is appropriate to adopt measures to avoid a sudden disturbance to trade in the products in question, for the period from 1 January 1992 to 31 March 1993 ; Whereas, for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1992, collection of the Common Customs Tariff duties and the agricultural levies for the goods in question should be suspended ; Whereas, in order to avoid any undue increase in the quantities imported free of duty, it is appropriate to open HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : a duty-free tariff quota of 35000 tonnes for the period from 1 January to 31 March 1993; Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quota and to guarantee the uninterrupted applica- tion of the exoneration from collection of the duties to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up; * Whereas the decision to open autonomous suspensions and tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common adminis- tration of this quota, there is, however, no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota volume the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this method of administration neverthe- less 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 admi- nistration of the quotas may be carried out by any one of its members, : Article 1 From 1 January to 31 December 1992, the customs duties and agncultural levies applicable to imports of the products listed below shall be suspended: () OJ No L 384, 30. 12. 1992, p. 13.