30. 1. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 21/7 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 190/92 of 27 January 1992 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for fresh strawberries originating in the Occupied Territories and laying down the procedure applicable to certain agricultural products subject to reference quantities originating in the said territories (1992) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Europeaﬁ Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 of 29 April 1991 on the tariff arrangements applicable to - imports into the Community of products originating in the occupied territories and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3363/86 ('), and in particular Articles 2 and 3 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 provides for the elimination of customs duties on imports of the agricultural products set out in Annex II thereto and originating in the Occupied Territories in two equal instalments, on 1 January 1992 and 1 January 1993, and within the periods indicated for each product; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to open on 1 January 1992 the Community tariff quotas laid down for the said products as, per the pro rata temporis calculation, volumes have reached the levels indicated in Article 1 and the Annex to this Regulation ; Whereas duties on strawberries falling within CN code 0810 10 90 are eliminated within the limits of a Commu- nity tariff quota of 1200 tonnes; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all the Member States until the quota is exhausted ; whereas it is appro- priate to take the necessary measures to ensure effective Community administration of this tariff quota while offe- ring the Member States the opportunity to draw from the quota volume the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission ; 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 concerning the adminis- tration of the quota may be carried out by any one of its members ; Whereas the products set out in the Annex are subject to Community surveillance within a framework of reference quantities and pre-established timetables; Whereas, in order to enable the competent authorities within the Commission to establish an annual trade balance sheet for each of the products and, if necessary, to put into application the arrangement provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91, these products are subject to a statistical surveillance in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No 2658/81 (z) and (EEC) No 1736/75 ¢ Whereas imports of the products in question are charged against the reference quantities at Community level as and when the products are entered with the customs authorities for free circulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The customs duty applicable to imports into the Commu- nity of fresh strawberries originating in the occupied terri- tories shall be suspended at the levels indicated below and within the limits of the Community tariff quota as shown below : Amount Order No CN code Description of quota Quo(toa/ )"-l“tY : (in tonnes) ° 09.1381 0810 10 90 ‘Fresh strawberries from 1 January to 31 March 1992 720 7 () OJ No L 112, 4. 5. 1991, p. 1. (3 OJ No L 256, 7.9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulatlon (EEC) No 1056/91 (OJ No L 107, 27. 4. 1991, 10). ) O_] No L 183, 14. 7. 1975, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 (OJ No L 147, 14. 6. 1988, p- 1)