4. 3. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 61/25 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 644/87 of 3 March 1987 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain types of fruit and fruit juices (%) 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 in accordance with the Agreement with the United States of America on the Mediterranean prefe- rences, citrus and pasta, the Community undertakes to suspend provisionally and partially the Common Customs Tariff duties for certain types of fruit and fruit juices, within the limit of Community tariff quotas of appro- priate volumes and of variable duration; whereas provi- sion should be made that the Commission can, in order to be able to ensure that the reciprocal concessions agreed upon in the Agreement are balanced, suspend, by means of .a Regulation, application of these tariff measures ; Whereas entry under these tariff quotas is conditional on production to the Community’s customs authorities of a certificate of authenticity issued by the competent autho- rities of the country of origin and certifying that the products comply with the specific characteristics laid down ; ) g Whereas it is therefore proper to open for all or part of 1987 Community tariff quotas particularly for sweet oranges of high quality, citrus fruit hybrids known as ‘Minneolas’ and certain types of frozen concentrated orange juice, falling within subheadings ex 08.02 A I, ex 08.02 B II and ex 20.07 B II a) 1 of the Common Customs Tariff ; Whereas it is in particular necessary to allow all Commu- nity importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for these quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; whereas, however, since the tariff quotas are intended to cover needs which cannot be determined accurately enough or which are open for a short period, it seems advisable not to allocate these quotas among the Member States but to allow them to draw against the quota volumes such quantities as they may need under the conditions and according to a proce- dure to be specified ; whereas this method of manage- ment requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must, in parti- cular, be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are being used up and inform the Member States thereof; Whereas since Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxem- bourg are united within, and jointly represented by, the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning the administration of shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by any of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. As from the date of entry into force of this Regula- tion, the Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to imports of the products listed below shall be suspended for the periods, at the levels and within the limit of Community tariff quotas shown for each thereof : Serial CCT Volume Quota ;?a heading Description Quota period of quota . duty ° No (in tonnes) (%) 09.0025 0802 A I | Sweet oranges of high quality Until 20 000 10 a) and ex d) 30 April 1987 09.0027 ex 08.02 B II | Citrus fruit hybrids known as ‘Minne- | Until 15 000 2 olas’ 30 April 1987 09.0033 ex 20.07 Frozen concentrated orange juice | Until 1500 13 B Il a) 1 having a degree of concentration of up | 31 December 1987 to 50° Brix, in containers of two litres or less, excluding blood orange concen- trate () See OJ No L 62, 5. 3. 1987.