30.12..88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 363/5 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4093/88 of 16 December 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for. new potataes and certain live plants originating in. the Canary Islands (1989) : THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing -the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 4 of Protocol 2 annexed thereto, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, by virtue.of Article 4 of Protocol 2 to the Act of Accession and Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1391/87 of 18 May 1987 concerning certain adjustments to .the arrangements applied to -the Canary Islands (1), new .potatoes and certain live plants. originating in the Canary JIslands qualify on import.into the: Community:for reduced -customs duties within the limits of Community tariff quotas; .whereas the quota volumes amouynt to: — .6-642 tonnes: for new potatoes falling within CN codes 0701 90 51 and 0701 90 59 for the period 1 January to 30 June, and — 4 700 tonnes for certain live plants falling within Chapter -6 of the Combined Nomenclature for the period 1 January-to 31 December; Whereas for 1989, the duties applicable within the limits of - those tariff quotas are equal to 50% of the basic duties; whereas, ‘however, the products concerned qualify for exemption from.import duties on import into that part of Spain which is included in the customs territory of the Community; whereas, where the said products are imported .into Portugal, the quota duties applicable are to be calculated in accordance with the relevant \pto_vvisions of .the Act. of Accession; -whereas to qualify for .the -tariff quota the products in question must comply with certain marking and labelling conditions designed to. prove their origin; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question jnto. all. Member States until the quotas are exhausted;- whereas, jn.the light of these _principles, allocation of the Community, tanff guq;as amopg the Member States would . seem .such as to, .preserye. the ‘Community .nature of the quotas; whereas in . order to .correspond as closely as possible to the real trend of the market for the products concerned.the allocation. s_hould reflect the requirements of the Member States based on statistics of imports of those products originating in the ‘Canary:Islands during a representative reference period and on.the economic, outlock for the quota period, in question; Whereas, for:1989, it is necessary, to maintain the shares for .the Member States given that the administrations. of the Member States cannot create, by :1989 a technical and administrative; basis for Community administration of the quota; whereas, however, it is possible, given the evolution of trade over the last few years, to proyide for-an increase jn the Community reserve; . Whereas, during the last three years, for which statistics are available, imports of these products into each of the Member States were as follows: (in tonnes) N CN codes ?11(‘1,1?9‘2 as‘ie s0701 9059 Live plants 1985 1986 1987 1985 1986 1987 Benelux 21 — 4 144 529 303 Denmark ' 127 312 180 6 6 6 Germany — — — 220 308 429 Greece —_ — — —_ _ —_— Spain - 24 - s 3880 5009 4430 France ' 38 - — 26 35 89 Ireland . : — — — — 1 1 Iraly : — - — 31 44 148 Portugal — — — — — — United Kingdom 6496 2531 1763 177 198 204 (1) Q] No L 133, 22..5. 1987, p. §.