"No L-138/10 Official  Journal of the European Communities 31. 5. 90 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1437/90 of 21 May 1990 opening and providing for the administration of a Community quota for chemically - pure fructose originating in third countries not bound to the Community by a preferential trade agreement (July to December 1990) 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 Article 7a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products ('), as last amended - by Regulation (EEC) No 1436/90 (3, provides that the variable component which will be imposed, as from 1 July 1990, on imports of the products falling within CN . code 170250 00, originating in third countries not bound - to the Community by a preferential trade agreement, will - be equal to the levy referred to in Article 16 (6) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1785/81 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1069/89 (*), imposed on imports of products falling. within CN codes 17023010, 170240 10, 1702 60 10 and 170290 30; Whereas, in the current context of the Uruguay Round, it is appropriate to maintain the possibility of exporting to the Community market chemically pure fructose origina= ting in third countries not bound to the Community by a preferential trade agreement; whereas this aspect is fulfilled if the possibility for individual agricultural - products, originating in the aforesaid third countries, to penetrate the Community market is not less, in 1990, than the average for 1987 and 1988 ; whereas the average imports of chemically pure fructose, originating in these countries, during 1987 and 1988, amounted to 4 504 tonnes ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to open, for the period 1 July to 31.December-1990, a-Community quota, exempt from the variable component, for an amount equal to 2252 tonnes ; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should " be ensured for all Community importers.-and the rates laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to - all imports of the product in -question into all the Member States until the quota is exhausted ; whereas it is - appropriate not to provide for allocation among Member States, without prejudice. to the drawing on the amount of the quota, of ‘such quantities as they-may need, under conditions and according to the procedure provided for in Atticle 3; 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 adminis- tration .of the drawings made by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS' ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 From 1 July to 31 December-1990, the variable compo- nent applicable to imports, into the Community, of the following product, originating in third countries not bound to the Community by a preferential trade agree- ment, shall be suspended totally, within the limits of a Community quota as shown below : Amount Order No CN code Description of quota Quot‘,a; duty (in tonnes) (%) 09.0091 1702 50 00 Chemically pure fructose 2252 20 () OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1. () See page 9 of this Official Journal. () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. () OJ No L 114, 27. 4. 1989, p. 1.