29. 4. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 112/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1154/87 of 26 April 1987 opening, allocating and prbviding for the administration of a Community tariff quota for new potatoes falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1987) 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 Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3700/83 of 22 December 1983 laying down the arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond 31 December 1983 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3682/85 (%), provides for the opening of a Community tariff quota of 60 000 tonnes of new potatoes, originating in Cyprus and falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff, at a rate of customs duty equal to 45 % of the customs duty in the Common Customs Tariff, for the period 16 May to 30 June 1987; whereas it is necessary to open this Community tariff quota for the period in question; Whereas, in accordance with Articles 180 and 367 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 449/86 determining the arrangements to be applied by the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to trade with certain third coun- tries (°) ; whereas this Regulation therefore applies to the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ; Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up; whereas, having regard to the above principles, the Community nature of the quota can be () OJ No L 369, 30. 12. 1983, p. 1. () OJ No L 351, 28. 12. 1985, p. 9. () OJ No L 50, 28. 2. 1986, p. 40. respected by allocating the Community tariff quota among the Member States ; whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as possible the true trend of the market in the products in question, such allocation should be in propor- tion to the requirements of the Member States, calculated by reference to the statistics for imports from Cyprus over a representative reference period and also to the economic outlook for the quota period in question ; Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics are available, the corresponding imports by each of the Member States represent the following percentages of the imports into the Community from Cyprus of the products concerned : Member States 1983 1984 1985 Benelux 6,2 6,2 2,7 Denmark — —_ — Germany 1,9 4,0 2,8 Greece —_ — —_ France —_ —_ — Ireland 0,2 0,8 1,3 Italy — — — United Kingdom 91,7 89,0 93,2 Whereas, in view of these factors of market forecasts for the products in question and in particular of the estimates submitted by certain Member States, initial quota shares may be fixed approximately at the following percentages : Benelux 5,0 Denmark _ 0,1 Germany 29 Greece 0,1 France 0,1 Ireland 0,6 Italy 0,1 United Kingdom 91,1