No L 205/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 7. 86 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2356/86 of 24 July 1986 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen peas, falling within subheading 07.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Sweden THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, '~ (tonnes) . . Member State 1983 1984 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Benelux 0 138 Denmark 121 254 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and (G;::;:ny lggf 143(2) Portugal, France 0 0 Ireland 0 0 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Italy 2764 7568 : : Portugal . 223 0 . United Kingdom 0 647 Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic . Community and the Kingdom of Sweden was concluded on 22 July 1972 ; whereas following the accession to the 4704 | 10039 Community of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic, a supplementary Protocol is to be signed in the near future; whereas until the entry into force of that Protocol, Council Regulation (EEC) No 744/86 of 1986 ('), laid down arrangements applicable to trade in certain agricultural products with Sweden in particular; Whereas the said Regulation (EEC) No 744/86 provides for the opening, to run from 1 March 1986, of a 6 000 tonnes Community tariff quota at a reduced rate of duty for frozen peas, originating in Sweden, 4 500 tonnes of which are reserved for Spain ; whereas therefore the tariff quota in question should be opened for the period from 1 March to 31 December 1986 ; whereas in the absence of a ‘prorata temporis’ clause, the proposed annual quota volume should be opened for the period under considera- tion ; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate of levy for the tariff quota should be applied consistently to ~all imports until the 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 real market trend of the product in question, the alloca- tion should follow proportionately the requirements of the Member States calculated both from statistics of imports from Sweden during a representative reference period and according to the economic outlook for the tariff year in question; Whereas during the last two years for which statistics are available, imports of frozen peas, including chick peas, originating in Sweden, into each of the Member States were as follows : () OJ No L 56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 113. Whereas, during the last two years under consideration, the products in question were imported only by certain Member States and not at all by the other Member States ; whereas, under these circumstances, initial shares should be allocated to the importing Member States and the other Member States should be guaranteed access to the benefit of the tariff quota upon imports into those States of the products concerned being notified ; whereas these arrangements for allocation will equally ensure the uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff; Whereas in taking into account these factors, the Member States’ initial percentage shares in the quota volume can be set as follows: Benelux 0,94 Denmark 2,54 Germany 18,97 Greece 1,57 Italy 70,08 Portugal 1,51 United Kingdom 4,39 Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for the products concerned in the various Member States, the quota volume should be divided into two instalments, the first being shared among certain Member States and the second constituting a reserve to cover the subsequent requirements of these Member States where they have used up their initial share and any additional require- ments which might arise in the other Member States ; whereas, in order to give importers in each Member State a certain degree of security, it is appropriate to fix the first instalment of the Community quota at a level which, in the circumstances, could be 98 % of the quota volume ; Whereas initial shares may be used up at different rates; whereas, to avoid disruption of supplies on this account, it should be provided that any Member State which has almost used up its initial share should draw an additional