30. 1. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 26/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) 1 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 245/88 of 25 January 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, salted or in brine, originating in Norway (1988) 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 Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway was concluded. on 14 May 1973 ; whereas, consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters was concluded and approved by the Decision 86/557/EEC ('); Whereas the latter Agreement provides for the opening, on a date to be fixed by common accord, of Community tariff quotas at reduced or zero duty for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida originating in Norway ; whereas the tariff quotas in question should therefore be opened for the period agreed for 1988, namely 1 April to 31 December 1988 ; Whereas the Community has adopted, with effect from 1 January 1988, a combined nomenclature for goods which meets the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff and the Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States ; whereas in order to accomodate specific Community measures that nomenclature has been expanded into an integrated tariff of the European Communities (Taric); whereas from that date the combined nomenclature and, where appropriate, the Taric code numbers should be used for the description of the products covered by this Regulation ; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas should be ensured for all importers and the rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question until the quotas are exhausted ; whereas, in the light of these principles, allo- cation of the tariff quotas among the Member States would seem to preserve the Community nature of the quotas ; whereas in order to correspond as closely as possible to the real trend of the market for the products’ in question the allocation should reflect the requirements of the Member States based on statistics of imports of the said products from Norway during a representative reference period and on the economic outlook for the quota year in question ; Whereas during the last three years for which statistics are available imports into the Member States from Norway were as follows : (tonnes) ex 03055110 ex 0305 5190 ex 03056200 Mémber State 0305 59 11 0305 59 19 030569 10 1984 1985 1986 1984 1985 1986 1984 1985 1986 Benelux 89 80 54 441 372 110 1 2 2 Denmark 2 0 1 5 3 3 319 3 1966 Germany 59 49 19 543 473 400 2 — 1 Greece 44 26 19 223 417 84 148 336 619 Spain — — — —_ — —_ 858 430 1074 France 47 36 19 3816 3573 3496 1044 666 701 Ireland —_ —_ — — — — — — — Italy 4087 4 457 3375 5280 4231 1550 1 808 2159 |1 1827 Portugal — —_ — 13230 6217 6401 5143 4235 1675 United Kingdom .20 35 18 2 6 9 16 — — 4 348 4683 3505 23 540 15292 12053 9339 7 831 7 865 () OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 76.