1. 8. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 218/129 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2246/92 ' of 27 July 1992 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas‘for certaln agricultural products originating in Cyprus, Morocco, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt (1992/93) 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 the relevant articles and the Additional Protocols to the Agreements between the FEuropean Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Kingdom of Morocco ('), the State of Israel (2), the Tunisian Republic (%) and the Arab Republic of Egypt (%), on the other, and the Protocol defining the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting certain provisions :of the Agreement () provide for the opening of Community tariff quotas for: — 86 000 tonnes of tomatoes, fresh or chilled, falling within CN .code ex 0702 00 10 originating in Morocco (15 November to 30 April), of which 15000 tonnes in April, — 300 tonnes of aubergines, falling within CN code ex 0709 30 00 originating in Cyprus (1 October to 30 November), — 100 tonnes, 450 tonnes and 100 tonnes of Chinese cabbage, falling within CN code ex 0704 90 90 origi- nating in Morocco, Israel and Cyprus respectively (1 November to 31 December), — 100, 250 and 100 tonnes of ‘iceberg’ lecture, falling within CN codes ex 070511 10 and ex 070511 90 originating in Morocco, Israel and Cyprus respectively (1 November to 31 December), — 265000 tonnes, 293 000 tonnes and 7 000 tonnes of oranges, fresh, falling within CN code ex 080510 originating in Morocco, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt respectively (1 July to 30 June), — 14 200 tonnes and 110 000 tonnes of fresh mandarins, clementines etc, falling within CN code ex 0805 20 originating in Israel and Morocco respectively (1 July to 30 June); Whereas, however, the quotas relating to Cyprus must be increased in equal steps of 5 % per annum, starting with () OJ No L 224, 13. 8. 1988, p. 18. () O] No L 327, 30. 11. 1988, p. 36. ¢) OJ No L 265, 27. 9. 1978, p. 2. () OJ No L 266, 27. 9. 1978, p. 2. () OJ No L 393, 31. 12. 1987, p. 2. the entry into force of the abovementioned Protocol, by virtue of its Articles 18 and 19 ; whereas for 1992 they will therefore be at the levels indicated in Article 1; Whereas the volumes. of the tariff quotas for the other countries covered by this Regulation must be increased annually by 3 or 5 % according to the products, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92 of 29 June 1992 amending the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia (%) ; Whereas, under these tariff quotas, customs duties are to be abolished progressively : — over the same periods and in accordance with the same timetables as laid dowri in“Articles 75 and 268 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal in the case of the tariff quotas opened for Morocco, Israel, Tunisia and Egypt, — in accordance with the timetable and conditions laid down in Articles 5 and 16 of the abovementioned Protocol and Cyprus in the case of the tariff quotas opened for Cyprus; Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92, it is appropriate to abolish on 1 January 1993 the customs duties applicable to products covered by Annex II of the Treaty and originating in the Meditarranean third coun- tries concerned and in respect of which it was provided that tariff dismantling would continue after 1 January 1993 ; Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 4162/87 of 21 December 1987 laying down arrangements for Spain’s and Portugal’s trade with Israel ("), (EEC) No 3189/88 of 14 October 1988 laying down the arrangements to be applied by Spain and Portugal to trade with Morocco and Syria (*) and (EEC) No 2573/87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade between Spain and Portugal on the one hand and Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey on the other(®) and the Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community (**) provide that Spain and Portugal shall () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 9. () O] No L 396, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 287, 20. 10. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 250, 1. 9. 1987, p. 1. (%) OJ No L 393, 31. 12. 1987, p. 37.