4.12. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 352/41 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3609/89 ' of 20 November 1989 opening and providing for the administration of a Community preferential ceiling for certain petroleum products refined in Turkey and establishing Community surveillance for imports thereof (1990) 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 7 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey consequent on the accession of new Member States to the Community (1), which was signed in Ankara on 30 June 1973 and entered into force on 1 March 1986 (2), provides for the total suspension of customs duties applicable to certain petroleum products refined in Turkey falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff within the limits of an annual Community tariff quota of 340 000 tonnes; whereas, for-the products concerned, a provisional adjustment should be made to those tariff preferences, consisting essentially of substituting for the Community tariff quota a Community ceiling amounting, after successive increases, to 705 000 tonnes, above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be re-established; Whereas the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 1059/88-of 28 March 1988 laying down the arrangements applicable to Greece’s trade with Turkey (3); whereas, the Council also adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade . between Spain and Portugal, on the one hand, and Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey, on: the other-(*); . whereas the tariff quota in question applies therefore to the current Community; Whereas the application of ceilings requires the Community to be regularly informed of the trend of imports of the - relevant products originating in Turkey; whereas imports should, therefore, be made subject to a system of Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an administrative procedure based on offsetting imports of the products in question against the ceiling at Community level as and when these products are entered with the customs authorities for free circulation; whereas this administrative procedure must- make provision for the possible re-establishment of customs tariff duties as soon as the ceiling. . is reached at Community level; . Whereas this administrative procedure requires-close and particularly swift cooperation between the Member States and the Commission; whereas the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the progress of quantities charged against the ceiling and keep the Member States informed; whereas this cooperation has to be particularly close since the Commission must be able to take the appropriate measures to re-establish customs tariff duties if the ceiling is reached, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1.  From 1 January to 31 December 1990 the duties applicable to imports into the Community of the petroleum products refined in Turkey and indicated in paragraph 2 shall - be suspended in full within the limits of a Community ceiling of 705-000 tonnes. Within the limits of this ceiling, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply the duties calculated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87. 2. The petroleum products to which paragraph 1 applies surveillance; : shall be the following: O&%er CN code Description 13.0010 ~2710 00 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude — Light oils: (1) OJ No L 361, 31.12. 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 36. (*) O] No L 104, 23. 4. 1988, p. 4. (*) OJ No L 250,1.9.1987, p. 1. preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations: — — For other purposes: