No L 182/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 89 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1878/89 of 21 June 1989 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for magnetrons and a chemical product 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 magnetrons and 1,3:2,4-di-O-benzylidene-D-glucitol is unable to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Community; whereas, consequently; Community supplies of products of this type currently depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries ; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favourable terms; whereas zero-duty Community tariff quotas should therefore- be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes for a period from 1 July to 31 December 1989 ; whereas, in order not to upset the balance of the markets for these products, the volume of the Community tariff quotas should be set at provisional levels of respectively 600 000 pieces and 10 tonnes; whereas, the setting of the quota volumes at this level does not rule out an adjustment during the year; 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 currently - imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been .used up; Whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures to ensure efficient Community administration of these tariff quotas' while offering the Member States the opportunity to draw from the quota volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas 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 Economic Union, all transactions concerning the administration of the quantities draw by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  From 1 July to 31 December 1989 the customs duty applicable to imports of the following products shall be suspended at the level indicated and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas as shown below : Order No CN code Description 3“:1:_::; . Quo(toa/o)d uty 09.2797 ex 8540 41 00 | Magnetrons with a power output of less than 1000 W, for the ~manufacture of microwave ovens 600 000 pieces 0 09.2799 ex 29329070 | 1,3:2,4-di-O-benzylidene-D-glucitol with- a purity of 96 % or:- more by-weight 10 tonnes 0 Within the limits of these tariff quotas, the Kingdom of Spain and the. Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties - calculated in accordance with™ the relevant provisions- in the Act of Accession. : 2. If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of entry into free circulation, including a request for preferential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation and if this request is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member States concerned shall inform the Commission and draw an amount equal to its requirements from the corresponding-quota amount. The drawing requests, with indication of the date of- acceptance -of the said declarations, must be transmitted to -the Commission without delay: The  drawings are granted by the Commission by reference to the date of acceptance of the declarations of entry into free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member States concerned to the extent that the available balance so permits.