31.12. 91 No L 364/63 Official Journal of the European Communities COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3879/91 of 19 December 1991 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fruits and fruit juices 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 pursuant to the Agreement with the United States of America on the Mediterranean preferences, citrus and pasta, the Community has undertaken to suspend provisionally and in part the customs duties applicable to certain fruits and fruit juices within the limits of Community tariff quotas of appropriate volumes and of varying duration; whereas in order to ensure the balance of reciprocal concessions provided for in the Agreement, the Commission may, by means of a Regulation, suspend the application of the tariff measures in question; Whereas the use of these tariff quotas is, however, conditional on presentation to the Community customs authorities of a certificate of authenticity issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin certifying that the products comply with the specific characteristics laid down; : Whereas Community tariff quotas for sweet oranges of high quality, citrus hybrids known as ‘Minneolas’ and certain types of frozen concentrated orange juice should therefore be opened for all or part of 1992; " Economic Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; Whereas the necessary measures should be taken to ensure efficient administration of the tariff quotas at Community level by providing for Member States to draw against the quota volumes such quantities as they may need to cover actual imports as recorded; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between Member States and the Commission; 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 Union, any operation concerning the administration of quantities drawn by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The customs duties applicable to imports of the following products shall be suspended during the periods, at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas shown below: ' Series - Quota Rate of No CN code (*) Description Quota period volume duty (tonnes) (%) 09.0025 ex 0805 10 11, 15, | Sweet oranges of high quality From 1 February 20 000 10 19, 41, 45, 49 to 30 April 1992 09.0027 ex 08052090 . Citrus hybrids known as ‘Minneolas’ From 1 February 15 000 2 to 30 April 1992 09.0033 ex 2009 11 99 Frozen concentrated orange juice having From 1 January 1500 13 a degree of concentration of up to 50 to 31 December degrees Brix, in containers of two litres 1992 or less, not containing blood orange concentrate (*) See Taric codes in Annex III.