No L 174/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 7. 93 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1919/93 of 12 July 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine breeds ‘ 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 the European Economic Community undertook, within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to open an annual Community tariff quota of 5000 head at a duty of 4 % for bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine breeds; whereas eligibility for such quota is subject to submission of the following documents: — bulls: a pedigree certificate, — female animals : a pedigree certificate or certificate or registration in the herdbook, certifying purity of breed ; Whereas the abovementioned tariff quota should there- fore be opened for the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994 at a duty of 4 % ; whereas a check should be carried out to ascertain that the imported animals have not been slaughtered within a certain period ; Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure equal and continuous access for all Community importers to the abovementioned quota, and the uninterrupted application of the quota duties, to all imports of the animals in ques- tion until the quota is 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 corres- ponding to actual imports ; whereas, however, this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the later 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 measure concerning the adminis- tration of the quantities levied by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. From 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994 the duty appli- cable to the import into the Community of the animals designated hereafter shall be suspended at the level and within the limits of the Community tariff quota indi- cated : Order No L CN@():Ode Description v%]‘:x c::e Quo(toa/o)d uty 09.0003 ex 01029005 | Bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for ex 01029029 | slaughter, of the following breeds : mottled Simmental breed ex 01029049 | and the Schwyz and Fribourg breeds ex 010290 59 ex 010290 69 ex 01029079 5000 head 4 (a) Taric codes in Annex IL 2. Eligibility for this tariff quota shall be subject to the submission of : — in the case of bulls: a pedigree certificate, — in the case of female animals : a pedigree certificate or certificate of registration in the herdbook, certifying purity of breed. 3.  For the purposes of this Regulation, the animals referred to in paragraph 1 shall be considered not intended for slaughter if they are not slaughtered within four months of the date of acceptance of the entry for free circulaion. Derogations may, however, be granted in the event of force majeure duly attested by a local authority certificate setting out the reasons for the slaughter.