No L 62/34 Official - Journal of the Buropean Communities 7.3.92 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 584/92 of 6 March 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak ' Federal Republic THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 519/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part (%, and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part (’), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Whereas the said Regulations introduce arrangements for reducing import levies on certain products, including milk and milk products; whereas detailed rules of appli- cation should be adopted with a view to administering the arrangements concerned ; whereas those detailed rules are either supplementary to, or derogate from, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1599/90 (%); Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of imports, a security should be required for applications for () OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3. () OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6. % OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9. 4 O] No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 151, 15. 6. 1990, p. 29. import licences and certain conditions be laid down as regards applications for licences; whereas the fixed amounts should be staggered over the year and the proce- dure for awarding licences as well as their term of validity should be specified ; Whereas continuous access to the said fixed amount should be ensured for all Community importers and the reduced levy should be applied consistently to all imports of the product in question in all the Member States until the fixed amounts are exhausted ; whereas the necessary measures should be taken to ensure efficient Community administration of these fixed amounts and, because of the risk of speculation in particular, access of these importers to the said scheme should be subject to compliance with specific conditions; whereas this method of administra- tion requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Within the framework of the arrangements provided for in Article 14 (4) of the Interim Agreements with Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia all imports into the Community of milk products the CN codes listed in Annex 1 hereto shall be subject to the presentation of import licences issued and applied for under the terms set out herein. The quantities of products to which these arrangements apply and the rates of reduction in the levies shall be those listed by group in Annex I hereto. Article 2 From 1 March 1992, the quantities referred to in Annex 1 shall be staggered over the year as follows : — 40 % in the period from the entry into force of this Regulation to 30 June 1992, — 30 % in the period 1 July to 30 September 1992, — 30 % in the period 1 October to 31 December 1992.