28. 5. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 131/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1272/93 of .24 May 1993 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Cominunity tariff quotas for certain fishery products (1993) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Community supplies of certain species of fish or fish fillets currently depend on imports from third coun- tries; whereas it is in the Community’s interest to suspend partially the customs duties for the products in question, within Community tariff quotas of an appro- priate volume ; whereas, in order not to jeopardize the development prospects of this production in the Commu- _nity and to ensure an adequate supply to satisfy user industries, it is advisable to open these quotas for a period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation to 31 December 1993 for certain products and from 1 July to 31 December 1993 for other products splitting certain quotas into two three-month periods. and applying customs duties varied according to the sensitivity of the different products on the Community market ; Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted applica- tion of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common adminis- tration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota- volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual . imports ; whereas, however, this method of administration 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, any operation relating to the adminis- - tration of the tariff quotas may be carried out by any of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The customs duties applicable to imports of the _ products listed in the Annex shall be suspended during the periods, at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas indicated for each product. 2. Imports of the products in question shall not be covered by the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 unless the free-at-frontier price, which is determined by the Member States in accordance with Article 22 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aqua- culture products ('), is at least equal to the reference price fixed, or to be fixed, by the Community for the products under consideration of the categories of the products concerned. 3.  The quotas referred to under order numbers 09.2753 and 09.2755 set out in the Annex hereto shall be divided _ into two instalments. The first instalment shall be granted during the period from 1 July to 30 September 1993 and the second instalment during the period from 1 October to 31 December 1993. ’ The amounts to be allocated for each of these periods amount to 50 % of each quota respectively. Any remaining amounts not used up by 30 September 1993 shall be automatically carried forward to be used in the second instalment, if need be. () OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.