22. 4. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 96/5 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 928/93 of 19 April 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, originating in Norway (1993) 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 proposal from the Commission, Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway was concluded on 14 May 1973 ; whereas, following the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, an Agreement in the form of exchanges of letters, was concluded and approved by Decision 86/557/EEC("); Whereas the latter Agreement provides for the opening, on a date to be fixed by common accord, of Community tariff quotas at reduced or zero duty for cod and fish of the species Boreogadus saida originating in Norway; whereas the quota of 3900 tonnes envisaged for cod, dried and not salted has been opened at the request of the Kingdom of Norway and started on 1 January 1993 (3; whereas the tariff quotas for the other fish should there- fore be opened for the period agreed from 1 April to 31 December 1993 ; Whereas equal and continuous access to the said quotas should be ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consis- tently to all imports of the products in question into all the 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 no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corre- sponding to actual imports; whereas, however, 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 accordingly ; 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 the quotas may be carried out by any one of its members, ’ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  From 1 April to 31 December 1993, the customs duties applicable to imports of the following products originating in Norway shall be suspended at the levels indicated and within the limits of Community tariff quotas as shown below: Volume Rate Order No CN code (") Description of quota of duty (tonnes) (%) 0305 Fish, dried, salted or in brine ; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; fish meal fit for human consumption : — Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked : ) 0305 51 — — Cod (Gadus morbua, Gadus ogac Gadus macrocephalus): 09.0703 ex 0305 5190 — — — Diried, salted: — Excluding cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus > 13250 0 0305 59 . — — Other: — — — Fish of the species Boreogadus saida : 03055919 | — — — — Diried, salted J — Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine: - ) 09.0705 ex 03056200 | — — Cod (Gadus morbua, Gadus ogac Gadus macrocephalus): — Excluding the species Gadus macrocephalus % 10000 0 0305 69 — — Other: 03056910 | — — — Fish of the species Boreogadus saida : ) () See Taric codes in the Annex hereto. () OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 76. () OJ No L 36, 12. 2. 1993, p. 9.