No L 314/8 Official Journal of the European Communities ' 22.11. 88 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3587/88 of 8 November 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products originating in Sweden (1989) 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 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 was concluded and approved by Decision 86/558/EEC (1); Whereas the said Agreement provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas at a reduced rate of duty or at Sweden; whereas, therefore, the tariff quotas in question should be opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 1988; 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 until the quotas are exhausted; whereas, in the light of these principles, allocation of the tariff quotas among the Member States would seem to preserve the Community nature of the quotas; whereas, in order to correspond as closely as possible to the real trend of the market, the allocation should reflect the requirements of the Member States based on statistics of imports from Sweden during a representative reference period and on the economic outlook for the quota year in question; Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics are available, imports into each of the Member States were as zero duty for certain fishery products originating in follows: (tonnes) Cod, saithe, haddock, fresh or chilled Fillets of cod, fresh or frozen ) m-C‘aviér sus;titutes o Member States - - - e k 1985 1986 1987 1985 1986 1987 1985 1986 1987 Benelux 189 182 65 24 9 0 0- 0 1 Denmark 20 288 18 568 16 934 392 270 . 6 19 1 1 Germany 413 32 54 128 43 171 6 22 14 . Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 14 Spain 2021 742 1417 985 276 0 5 5 4 France 158 170 212 24 4 0 23 5 39 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Portugal ‘ 0 0 207 0 0 0 0 0 0 United Kingdom 516 454 401 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 585 20 168 19 290 1553 602 179 60 37 75 (*) OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 89.