26. 3. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 82/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 847/87 of 23 March 1987 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried, dehydrated or evaporated onions falling within subheading 07.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff 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, under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America for the conclusion of negotiations under GATT Article XXIV. 6, as approved by the Council Decision of 30 January 1987, the Community undertook for the period 1987 to 1990, to open an annual Community tariff quota of 12000 tonnes at a duty rate of 10 % for dried, dehy- drated or evaporated onions, falling within subheading 07.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas, there- fore, this tariff quota should be opened for 1987 ; Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure to all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quota and the application, without interruption, of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up; whereas, in order to safeguard the Community character of this quota, it seems advisable not to allocate the latter among the Member States but to allow them to draw against the quota volume such quanti- ties as they may need under the conditions and according to a procedure to be specified ; whereas this method of management 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 up and inform the Member States thereof ; 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 shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  Until 31 December 1987, the Common Customs Tariff duty on the following products shall be suspended at the level and within the limit of a Community tariff quota as shown herewith : CCT Amounts Order No heading Description of tariff quotas Rnt(einog/cguty . No (in tonnes) ° 09.0035 - 07.04 Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared : A. Onions 12 000 10 Within the limit of this tariff quota the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provi- sions laid down by the Act of Accession. 2. If an importer notices an imminent importation of the product in question in a Member State and requests the benefit of the quota, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an amount corres- ponding to its requirements to the extent that the avail- able balance of the reserve so permits. 3. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be valid until the end of the quota period.