22.11. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 314/15 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3589/88 of 8 November 1988 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for fillets of certain cod and of fish of the species Boreogadus saida, originating in Norway (1989) 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 Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Having regard to the proposal from the Commiésion,' " Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway was concluded on 14 May 1973; whereas, following the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, was concluded and approved by Decision 86/557/EEC (1); ' Whereas the said Agreement provides in particular for the opening of a Community tariff quota at zero duty for fillets of certain cod and of fish of the species Boreogadus saida, originating in Norway; whereas, therefore, the tariff quota in question should be opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 1989; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all importers and the rate laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the quota is used up; whereas, in the light of these principles, allocation of the tariff quota among the Member States would seem to preserve the Community nature of the quota; whereas, in order to correspond as closely as possible to the actual development of the market in the said product, the allocation should reflect proportionately the requirements of the Member States calculated with reference to statistics of imports from Norway during a representative reference period and to the economic outlook for the quota year in question; Whereas during the latest years for which statistics are available, imports into each of the Member States were as follows: (*) O] No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 76. (tonnes) " Member States 1984 1985 1986 1987 Benelux 0 0 1 0 Denmark 72 10 2 21 Germany 0 0 0 Greece 0 11 0 Spain 37 0 0 14 France 58 8 19 24 Ireland 0 0 0 0 Italy | 4589 | 2691 | 2354 | 1390 Portugal 0 0 0 0 United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 4756 | 2720 | 2376 | 1449 Whereas, during the years under consideration, the products in question were imported only by certain Member States and not at all by the other Member States; whereas in these circumstances initial shares should be allocated to the importing Member States and the other Member States should be guaranteed access to the tariff quota when imports into those States of the ‘products concerned are notified; whereas these arrangements for allocation will equally ensure the uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff; Whereas, in view of these factors, the initial percentage shares of the quota volume can be expressed approximately as follows: Denmark ' 0,50 Greece 0,18 Spain 0,21 France 0,79 Italy 98,32 Whereas, to allow for import trends for the products concerned, the quota volume should be divided into two parts, the first being allocated among the Member States and the second held as a reserve to cover any subsequent requirements of Member States which have used up their initial share; whereas, to afford importers some degree of certainty, the first part of the tariff quota should be set at a high level, which in this case could be 54 % of the quota volume;