7.3.92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 63/41 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 547/92 of 3 February 1992 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in the Republics of Croatia and Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro . 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 545/92 of 3 February 1992 concerning the arrangements applicable to the import of products originating in the Republics of Croatia and Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro (1) provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for imports into the Community of: — 300 tonnes of garlic falling within CN code ex 0703 20 00, for the period 1 February to 31 May, — 1200 tonnes of sweet peppers falling within CN code 0709 60 10, — 1300 tonnes of frozen peas falling with CN code 0710 21 00, — 3000 tonnes of sweet cherries, clear-fleshed of a diameter not exceeding 18,9 millimetres, stoned, intended for the manufacture of chocolate products falling within CN code ex 2008 60 39, — 545 000 hectolitres of certain wine of fresh grapes falling - within Chapter 22 of the combined nomenclature, — 5 420 hectolitres of plum spirit marketed under the name of ‘Sljivovica’, falling within CN code .ex 2208 90 33, and — 1 500 tonnes of tobacco of the ‘Prilep’ type, falling within CN code ex 2401 10 60 or ex 2401 20 60, as defined in an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of 11 July 1980, originating in the republics to which this Regtlation refers; Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, customs duties will be brought down to the level stipulated in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 545/92; Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply (*) See page 1 of this Official Journal. duties calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4150/87 of 21 December 1987 amending Regulations (EEC) No 449/86 and (EEC) No 2573/87 (3); Whereas plum spirit and tobacco of the ‘Prilep’ type must be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity; Whereas importation into the Community of the wines in question is subject to compliance with the free-at-frontier reference price; whereas the said wines qualify for these tariff quotas only if Article 54 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 388/90 (4}, is adhered to; Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; whereas the necessary measures should be taken to provide for effective Community management of the quotas, so that the Member States may draw against the quotas such quantities as they may need, 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 administration of these quotas may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. (a) The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of the following products, originating in the Republics of Croatia and Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro, shall be suspended during the periods, at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas as shown below for each one: (2) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. (%) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. (*) O No L 42, 16. 2. 1990, p. 9.