4. 8. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 227/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No-2393/89 of 28 July 1989 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herring, fresh or chilled, originating in Sweden 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 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 Sweden was concluded on 22 July 1972; whereas, following the accession of . Spain and Portugal, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters was concluded between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom .of Sweden on the agricultural and - fisheries sector; whereas this Agreement was adopted by Decision 86/558/EEC (") ; Whereas this Agreement provides for the opening, over a period to. be determined by common accord, of a 20 000 tonnes duty-free Community tariff quota for herring, fresh or chilled, whole, headless or in pieces, originating in Sweden ; whereas, therefore, the tariff quota in question should be opened for the period 15 September 1989 to-14 February 1990 ;- Whereas equal and-continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers-and the rate of levy for the tariff quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the quota is used up; whereas, it is appropriate to take .the necessary measures- to- ensure - efficient- Community administration of this tariff quota while offering the Member States the opportunity to draw from the quota volume the necessary -quantities corres- ponding 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, all transactions concerning the administration of this quota may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 - 1.  From 15 September 1989 to 14 .February 1990 the Common Customs Tariff duty on the following products shall be suspended at the level and within the limit of the Community tariff quota as shown herewith : Amount - Order No CN code Description of quota Ratc(;;:)duty (in tonnes) 09.0616 03024090 | Herring and meat of herring, fresh or chilled, originating in 20 000 0 (a) 03041093 | Sweden : . ex- 03041098 (a) However, when those produicts are imported into Portugal the duty applicable shall be 7,5 % in 1989 and 5.6 % in 1990 within the limit of the quantities .. for which this Member State is eligible. () OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 89.