31. 8. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 252/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2456/92 of 13 July 1992 fixing the import quotas to be opened by Member States in respect of State-trading countries in 1992 and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 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 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) requires the Council 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 1991 in respect of State- trading countries in order to adapt them to the fore- seeable economic situation in 1992; Whereas, with regard to the quotas for imports under outward processing arrangements of the textile prod- ucts falling within categories 4 to 8, a certain degree of flexibility should be maintained in the administra- tion of these quotas by the Member States concerned by means of provision for automatic transfer of quan- tities 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 (2) should be applied; (1) OJ No L 346, 8. 12. 1983, p. 6. Regulation as last amen- ded by Regulation (EEC) No 3859/91 (OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1991, p. 83). (3 OJ No L1387, 31.12.1986, p. 42. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 369/92 (OJ No L 45, 20.2.1992, p. 1). 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 1992 in all Member States apart from Spain and Portugal; Whereas, from | January 1993, the continuation of import quotas to be opened solely at national level will be incompatible with the working of the single market to be put into operation on that date; whereas consequently the present arrangements will have to be replaced by a Community mechanism covering any restrictions remaining on 31 December 1992; whereas, pending the adoption of the new mechanism, there should be a derogation, for 1993, from Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83, which stipulates auto- matic extension of the previous year’s import quotas; 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 Regulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. Member States shall open for 1992, in respect of State-trading countries, the import quotas set out in the Annexes. 2. Imports authorized between 1 January 1992 and the date of adoption of this Regulation shall be deducted from the corresponding quotas.