No L 314/18 Official Journal of the European Communities COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3590/88 of 8 November 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain prepared or preserved fish, originating in Norway (1989) 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, following the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters was concluded and approved by Council Decision 86/557/EEC (1); Whereas the said Agreement provides in particular for the opening of a Community tariff quota at reduced rates of duty for certain prepared or preserved fishery products originating in Norway; whereas, therefore, the tariff quota in question should be opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 1989; " Whereas equal and uninterrupted access to the quota should . be ensured for all importers and the rate of levy for the tariff quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the quota is exhausted; whereas, in the light of the principles outlined above, a Community tariff arrangement based on an allocation between the Member States will preserve the Community nature of the quota; whereas, to match as closely as possible the actual development of the market in the said products, the allocation should follow proportionately the requirements of the Member States calculated with reference to statistics of imports from Norway during a representative reference period and to economic outlook for the relevant quota year; Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics are available, imports into each of the Member States were as follows: (1) O] No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 76. 22.11. 88 (tonnes) Member States 1985 19\86 1987 Benelux 11 4 4 Denmark 7 2 Germany 22 3 21 Greece 0 0 0 Spain 3 1 1 France 1 604 1354 1273 Ireland 0 | 0 0 Italy . 106 309 0 Portugal 0 0 0 United Kingdom 354 161 124 2107 1834 1430 Whereas, during the years under consideration, the products in question were imported only by certain Member States and there were no such imports into the other Member States; whereas, under these circumstances, initial shares should be allocated to the importing Member States and the other Member States should be guaranteed access to the tariff ' quota upon imports into those States of the products concerned being notified; whereas these arrangements for allocation will also enable the uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff to be ensured; Whereas, in view of these factors, the initial percentage shares in the quota volume can be set approximately as follows: Benelux 0,40 Denmark 0,34 Germany 0,86 France ‘ 78,77 Italy 7,73 United Kingdom . 11,90 Whereas, to accommodate any changes in imports for these products, the quota volume should be divided into two instalments, the first being allocated between the Member States and the second held as a reserve to cover any subsequent requirements of Member States which have used up their initial share; whereas to afford importers some degree of certainty, the first instalment of the tariff quota should be fixed at a high level, which in this case could be 54 % of the quota;