31, 12. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 369/1 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 11 November 1991 on import quotas to be opened by Member States in respect of State-trading countries in 1991 . (91/667/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Haviﬁg regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 of 14 November 1983 on import arrangements for prod- ucts originating in State-trading countries, not liber- alized at Community level (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2158/91 (2), requires the Coun- cil to lay down the import quotas to be opened by the Member States in respect of the various State-trading countries for the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation; Whereas certain adjustments should be made to the import quotas established for 1990 in respect of State- trading countries in order to adapt them to the fore- seeable economic situation in 1991; . Whereas, with regard to the quotas for imports under outward processing arrangements of the textiles falling within categories 4 to 8, a certain degree of flexibility should be maintained in the administration of these quotas by the Member States concerned by means of () OJ No L 346, 8. 12. 1983, p. 6. (3) OJ No L 201, 24.7.1991, p. 5. provision for automatic transfer of quantities from one category to another; whereas to this end the equivalences between categories provided for in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third coun- tries (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1118/91 (4), should be applied; Whereas the specific quantitative restrictions in respect of certain central and eastern European countries have been abolished in all Member States whilst the non- specific quantitative restrictions in respect of the same countries have been suspended for 1991 in all Member States apart from Spain and Portugal; Whereas access is needed, at least once a year, to all the statistical data concerning import authorizations granted and utilization by the Member States of each of the quotas opened by this Decision, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 1. Member States shall open for 1991, in respect of State-trading countries, the import quotas set out in the Annexes hereto. (3) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1986, p. 42. (4) OJ NoL 111, 3.5. 1991, p. 11.