20. 7. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 176/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1943/93 of 16 July 1993 concerning the issue of import documents for preserves of certain species of tuna originating in third countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 697/93 (3, and in parti- cular Article 21 (5) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1792/93 () conferred on the new importers referred to in Article 3 (1) (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3900/92 (*) the right to import 210 tonnes of preserves of certain species of tuna ; whereas, because of the small quantities involved, if the quantities applied for exceed those available the Commission selects by lot from among the applications made on the same day; Whereas the import documents applied for by new importers on 13 July 1993 related to a quantity of 4 980 tonnes ; whereas the Commission selected by lot from among these applications on 15 July 1993; Whereas the issuing by the Member States of imports documents for subsequent applications should be suspended, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 For the requests submitted on 13 July 1993, pursuant to Article 3 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3900/92, the import documents for preserved tuna of the species Tunnus, skipjack or bonito (Euthynnus pelamis) and other species of the genus Euthynnus falling within CN codes ex 1604 1411, ex 1604 1419, ex 1604 19 30 and ex 1604 20 70 originating in the third countries referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3900/92 are allocated as follows : (tonnes) Recipient %?:;g;y Matrico Belgium 15 Becker, Ernst 15 Bioreform Ltd 15 Campione & Farnetani GmbH 15 Hofka Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH 15 Kaiser’s Kaffee-Geschift AG 15 Lohmann Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH 15 Merkur Delta Intern. Partenreederei 15 Rickertsen Getranke Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG 15 Rickertsen, Georg & Jirgen (GmbH & Co.) 15 Schaub, H. Friedrich & Co. 15 Wolf Handelsgesellschaft mbH 15 Photocopying Equipment & Rentals (SE) Ltd 15 W.H. Frost Ltd 15 Article 2 The issue of import documents for preserved tuna of the species Tunnus, skipjack or bonito (Euthynnus pelamis) and other species of the genus Euthynnus falling within CN codes ex 16041411, ex 1604 1419, ex 160419 30 and ex 1604 20 70 originating in the third countries referred to in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3900/92 shall be suspended in respect of applications pursuant to Article 3 (1) (b} of that Regulation submitted from 14 July 1993. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 July 1993. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 July 1993. () OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 76, 30. 3. 1993, p. 12. () OJ No L 163, 6. 7. 1993, p. 21. () OJ No L 392, 31. 12. 1992, p. 26. For the Commission Yannis PALEOKRASSAS Member of the Commission