4.2 93 Official Journal of the Buropean Communities No L 27/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 221/93 of 1 February 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen peas originating in Sweden (1993) 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 Sweden was concluded on 22 July 1972; whereas following the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters has been concluded and approved by Council Decision 86/558/EEC ('); Whereas the said Agreement provides for the opening of a 6 000-tonne Community tariff quota at a reduced rate of duty for frozen peas originating in Sweden; whereas, therefore, the tariff quota in question should be opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 1992; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the quota is exhausted ; ‘Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the ‘quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly ; 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 Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis- tration of this quota may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  From 1 January to 31 December 1993 the customs duty applicable to imports of the following products originating in Sweden, shall be suspended at the level indicated and within the limits of a Community tariff quota as shown below : Amount Order No CN code Description of quota Quot; duty (in tonnes) (o) 09.0613 0710 21 00 Frozen peas originating in Sweden 6 000 6 ex 07102900 (") (") Taric code 07102900 * 10. () OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 89.