12: 12. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 362/3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3692/89 of 4 December 1989 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, salted or in- brine, originating in Norway (1990) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having - regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economi¢ Community, and in particular Article’ 113 thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of. Norway was- concluded- on 14 May 1973 ; whereas, following the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, an Agreement in the form of Exchanges of Letters was concluded and approved by Decision 86/557/EEC("); Whereas the latter Agreement provides for the opening, on a.date to be fixed by common accord, of Community tariff quotas at reduced -or zero duty for cod and fish of the - species Boreogadus saida originating in Norway ; whereas the tariff quotas in question should therefore be opened for the period agreed from 1 April to 31 December 1990 ; Whereas -equal and continuous access to the said quotas should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consis- tently to all imports of the products in question into all the Member States until the quotas are exhausted ; Whereas, the necessary measures should be taken -to ensure that these tariff quotas are administered efficiently: and on a Community basis, so that- Member States have the option of drawing the necessary quantities corres- ponding to actual imports recorded, from the quota volumes-; whereas, this method of administration calls for 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 quotas may by carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. From 1 April to 31 December 1990, the customs duties applicable to imports of the following products originating in Norway-shall- be suspended at the levels indicated -and within the limits- of Community tariff quotas as shown below : Volume - - - Rate Order No CN code () Description of quota of duty - (tonnes) (%) 0305 Fish, dried, salted or in-brine ; smoked fish,-whether or not.cooked before- or during the smoking process; fish. meal fit for human consumption : ~— Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked : 0305 51 — = Cod (Gadus morbua, Gadus ogas, Gadus macrocephalus): | \ 09.0707 ex 03055110 — — — Dried, unsalted : — Excluding of cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus 3900 0 0305 59 — — Other: — — — Fish of the species Borecogadus saida : 0305 5911 - = - — Dried, unsalted i 0305 st — — Cod (Gadus morbua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus): | ) 09.0703 ex 03055190 | — ~ — Dried, salted: ' — Excluding cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus y 13250 0 0305 59 -— — Other: — — — Fish of the species Boreogadus saida : 03055919 | — — — — Dried, salted. Y — Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine : 09.0705 ex 03056200 | — — Cod (Gadus morbua, Gadus ogac Gadus macrocephalus): — Excluding the species Gadus macrocephalus - 10 000 0 0305 69 — — Other: 03056910 | — — — Fish of the species Boreogadus saida (") See Taric codes in the Annex hereto. () OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 76.