No L 129/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 5. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1267/93 of 26 May 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1108/93 with respect to the management of a quota of 5000 tonnes of pet food, ' falling within CN code 2309 10 and originating in Sweden THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1108/93 of 4 May 1993 laying down certain provisions for the application of the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture between the Community, of the one part, and Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, of the other part ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to an agreement concluded between the Community and Sweden on 17 March 1993, all Community importers should be guaranteed access, from 15 April 1993 onwards, to the annual 5000 tonne quota of pet food prepared for retail sale and originating in Sweden, as provided for in Annex II to the Bilateral Agreement with Sweden signed in Oporto on 2 May 1992, and an import duty of Ecu 0 per tonne should be applied until such time as the said quantity is used up ; Whereas, however, the quantity of 5000 tonnes must be reduced pro rata temporis to take account of the actual period during which the aforementioned quota for 1993 is applicable ; Whereas this type of management requires close collabo- ration between the Member States and the Commission, whereby the Commission must in particular be able to monitor the progress made in using up the tariff quotas and inform the Member States thereof; Whereas the import licences for the products in question should be issued subject to the limits of the appointed quantity provided for after a scrutiny period and, where necessary, with a single percentage reduction fixed for the quantities applied for; ‘ Whereas the origin of the products in particular should be verified by making issue of the import licences condi- tional upon the presentation of proofs of origin, issued or prepared in Sweden ; Whereas provision should be made to specify the infor- mation to be included in the application and licences, notwithstanding Articles 8 and 21 of Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2101/92(%); () OJ No L 113, 7. 5. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 210, 25. 7. 1992, p. 18. Whereas, with a view to the sound management of the scheme, provision should be made, notwithstanding Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 of 5 April 1989 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice(*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3570/92 (%), for the security relating to the import licences for the said scheme to be fixed at ECU 25 per tonne ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Products falling within CN code 2309 10 originating in Sweden and qualifying for an annual zero-rated tariff quota amounting to 5 000 tonnes, pursuant to the system provided for in the Bilateral Agreement concluded between the Community and Sweden, may be imported into the Community in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation. However, the said quantity shall be reduced pro rata temporis in 1993 to 3 540 tonnes in accordance with point 2 of Annex II to the said Agreement. Article 2 To be admissible, the application for an import licence must be accompanied by the original of the proof of origin, namely either an EUR.1 certificate or a declaration on an invoice, issued or prepared in Sweden in accordance with Annex VI of the Bilateral Agreement for the products in question. Article 3 1. Applications for import licences shall be lodged with the competent authorities in each of the Member States on the first working day of the week by 1 p.m, Brussels time. The licence application must relate to a quantity equal to or greater than five tonnes of product and may not exceed 1000 tonnes. () OJ No L 94, 7. 4, 1989, p. 13. () OJ No L 362, 11. 12. 1992, p. 51.