No L 395/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 92 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3913/92 of 17 December 1992 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (first series 1993) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas production in the Community of certain agricultural -and industrial products will remain in the course of 1993 unable to meet the specific requirements of the wuser industries in the Community; whereas, consequently, Community supplies of products of this type will depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries; whereas the most wurgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas Community tariff quotas at reduced or at zero duty should . therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period up to 30 June or 31 December 1993 taking account of the need not to disturb the markets for such products nor the starting out or development of Community production; Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; - Economic Whereas the decision for the opening of autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to " ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorizing Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however, this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly; 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 Union, all transactions concerning the administration of the quantities drawn by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 From 1 January 1993 until the date shown in the table - below, the customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of the products listed below - shall be suspended at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas.shown below: i Amount of CN code L Quota duty End of Order No ) Description (inqt'.(‘:::es) (%) quota period 09.2711 7202 41 90 | Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 6% of 300 000 0 31. 12, 1993 : carbon 09.2713 Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufacture of chocolate products (a): : ex 2008 60 19 | — with a sugar content exceeding 9% by weight 10 + AGR . 2 000 31.12. 1993 ex 2008 60 39 | — with a sugar content not exceeding 9% by weight 10 09.2717 | ex 720299 19 | Ferro-phosphorus containing by weight 15% or more of 8 000 0 31.12. 1993 phosphorus, intended for the manufacture of refined phosphoric iron or steel (a) (3) See Taric codes in the Annex. (a) The end-use of this product will be monitored in accordance with the relevant Community provisions.