No L 371/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12. 88 . COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4230/88 of 19 December 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for wine of fresh grapes and liqueur wines originating in Cyprus (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 proposal from the Commission, Whereas the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus,- as modified and supplemented by the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the said Agreement and adapting certain provisions thereof (1), provides for the’ opening of Community tariff quotas for: — 35000 hectolitres of certain wines of fresh grapes, in containers holding 2 litres or less, falling within CN code 2204 21 25, ex 2204 21 29, ex 2204 21 35 or ex 2204 21 39; — 26 000 hectolitres of certain wines of fresh grapes, in containers holding more than 2 litres, falling within CN code ex 2204 29 25, ex 2204 29 29, 2204 29 35 or ex 2204 29 39; and : — 150 000 hectolitres of certain liqueur wines fatling within CN codeex 2204 21 35,ex 2204 21 39,ex 2204 29 35, ex 2204 29 39, ex 2204 21 49, ex 2204 29 49, ex 2204 21 59 or ex 22042959, originating in Cyprus; : Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1’8 and 19 of the said Protocol, the quantities for all the above products except wine of fresh grapes in containers holding more than 2 litres are subject to an annual increase of 5% from the entry into force of the Protocol; whereas the quotas in 1989 will accordingly be 38 500 hl, 26 000 hl, and 165 000 hl respectively; whereas, however, the Protocol to the Association Agreement 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 (2) provides that from its entry into force Spain is to apply a duty reducing the gap between the rate of the basic duty and that of the preferential duty and that Portugal is to postpone application of the preferential arrangements for the products in question until the start of the second stage; whereas these Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened for 1989; (') OJ No L 393, 31.12.1987, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 393, 31.12.1987, p. 37. Whereas the wines in question are subject to the free-at-frontier reference price; whereas the said wines qualify for these tariff quotas only if Article 54 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87(%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2964/88 (4), is adhered to; Whereas liqueur wines, to qualify for the Corﬁmunity tariff quota, must be so designated in the VI 1 document or VI 2 extract provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85 (%), Whereas Article 21 of the above-mentioned Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an Association between the Community and Cyprus lays down that for wine of fresh grapes in containers holding two litres or less falling within CN code 2204 21 25, ex 2204 21 29, 22042135 or ex22042939, the fixed amount corresponding to the normal packaging costs referred to in Article 53 (1) of the said Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 isto - be phased out within the limit of an annual volume of 35 000 hectolitres; whereas the said free-at-frontier price is thereby reduced by a corresponding amount; whereas it is therefore necessary to set up a double notification procedure for the administration of the said volume; 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, for the period of application of this Regulation, it appears necessary to maintain an allocation between the Member States of the quotas concerned, since the administrations of the Member States are unable to provide by 1 January 1989, the administrative and technical conditions required for the Community management of quotas for these products originating in Cyprus; whereas it does, however, seem advisable to provide for a further increase in the Community reserve; . Whereas provision should be made for a mechanism to prevent, when the Community quota is not used up, goods from being imported into a Member State which has used up (*) OJ No L 84, 27. 3.1987, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 269, 29.9. 1988, p. S. (5) O] No L 343, 20. 12. 1985, p. 20.