12. 2. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 36/9 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 303/93 " of 8 February 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in certain EFTA countries THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establisbing‘ the European Economic Communlty, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, in agreements concluded between the Commu- nity and certain EFTA countries and approved by Deci- sions 86/555/EEC, 86/557/EEC, 86/558/EEC and 86/559/EEC ('), the Community undertook to open each year, subject to certain conditions, Community tariff quotas at a reduced or zero rate of duty for a number of agricultural and fishery products originating in those countries ; whereas those tariff quotas should be opened for 1993, and, where necessary, the conditions of eligibi- lity laid down should be specified ; Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the product in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted ; Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of tariff quotas should be taken by the Community ; whereas, to ensure the effici- ency of a common administration of these quotas, there is (a) The following products, originating in Sweden : no reasonable obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the ~ Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accor- dingly ; Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . are united within, and jointly represented by, the Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis- tration of these quotas may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. From the 1 January to 31 December 1993 the customs duties applicable to imports of the products listed below shall be suspended at the levels indicated below and within the limits of the Commumty tariff quotas as shown below : ' Amount Order CN code e Quota duty ) Description of quota No 0 (in tgnnes) (%) r 0302 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat | Y} falling within CN code 0304 : — Cod (Gadus morbua, Gadus ogac Gadus macrocephalus) excluding livers and roes : 09.0601 4 03025010 | — — Of the species Gadus morbua ¢ 3500 0 — Other fish, excluding livers and roes: 03026200 | — — Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) { 03026300 | — — Coalfish (Pollachius virens) ) ( 0304 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not mincred), fresh | chilled or frozen : 0304 10 — Fresh or chilled : — — Fillets: k 09.0603 ¢ — — — Other: > 1500 0 ex 030410 31 — — — —Of cod (Gadus morbua, Gadus ogag Gadus : macrocephalus) and of fish of the species Bore- ogadus saida : — Of the species Gadus morbua \ / () OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, pp. 58, 77, 90 and 99.