28. 5. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 138/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1448/87 . of 26 May 1987 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herrings falling within subheading 03.01 B I a) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 1983 1984 1985 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European X . ) . . Benelux . 599 4,06 3,70 :Ehcono;mc Community, and in particular Article 113 Denmark 69.61 66.39 68.88 ereot, Germany 21,94 24,44 19,30 Greece — —_ — . . . Spain — —_ — Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and France 1,48 2,35 547 Portugal, Ireland — 0,02 — Italy — 0,02 — Portugal — — — Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, United Kingdom 0,98 2,72 2,65 Whereas the Community undertook to open an annual " duty-free Community tariff quota for 34 000 tonnes of herrings, whole, headless or in pieces, falling within subheading 03.01 B I a) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff, imported from 16 June to 14 February in a fresh, chilled or frozen state, subject to compliance with the reference price ; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to open, for the period 16 June 1987 to 14 February 1988, the duty-free tariff quota in question, bearing in mind the obligation to comply with the reference price fixed; Whereas equal and continuous access to the said quota should be ensured for all importers and the rate of levy for the tariff quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the said quota is used up ; whereas, in the light of the principles outlined above, a Community tariff arrangement based on an allocation between the Member States would seem to preserve the Community nature of the quota ; whereas, to represent as closely as possible the actual development of the market in the said goods, this allocation should follow proportionately the requirements of the Member States calculated both from statistics of imports from third countries during a representative reference period and according to the economic outlook for the quota period in question ; Whereas, during the last three years for which complete statistics are available, the imports of each Member State represent the following percentages in relation to the total imports of the products in question : Whereas, in view of the above and of the foreseeable trend of the market for these products in the quota period, the initial” quota shares may be as indicated in Articles 2 and 3; Whereas, to take account of the possible import trends for this product, the quota volume should be divided into two parts, the first being allocated between the Member States and the second held as a reserve to cover any subsequent requirements of Member States which have used up their initial share ; whereas, to give importers some degree of certainty, the first part of the tariff quota should be fixed at a high level, which in this case could be 30 000 tonnes ; Whereas initial shares may be used up at different rates ; whereas, to take account of this fact and to avoid any interruption, it should be provided that any Member State which has almost used up its initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve ; whereas, each time its additional share is almost used up, a Member State should draw a further share and so on as many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and additional shares should be valid until the end of the quota period; whereas this form of administration requires close collaboration between the Member States and the Commission, and the Commission must, in particular, be in a position to keep account of the extent to which the quotas have been used up and to inform the Member States accordingly ;