No L 61/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 3. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 440/9% of 11 March 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain mixtures of malt sprouts and barley screenings THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1863/95(), and in particular Article 12 (1) thereof, Whereas, under the agreements concluded in the Uruguay Round (®), the Community undertook to open annual tariff quotas for certain mixtures of malt sprouts and barley screenings; whereas imports within those quotas benefit from exemption from customs duties; Whereas it is necessary to open those quotas with effect from 1 January 1996 and to lay down the detailed rules for administering them; whereas it is necessary to HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: guarantee equal and uninterrupted access for all Commu- nity importers to those quotas and uninterrupted applica- tion to all imports of the products in question in all Member States, of exemption from duties until the quotas have been used up; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of the quotas, there is, however, no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota volumes the quantities necessary corres- ponding to actual imports; whereas, however, that method of administration requires close collaboration between Member States and the Commission; whereas the Commission must be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform Member States accor- dingly; Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, Article 1 The duties applicable to the import of the products described below shall be suspended within the limit of the annual Community tariff quotas indicated below: Order Taric No CN code subheading Quota Description (') volume 1 @ 3 “ O 100 000 t 09.2903 ex 2309 90 31 ex 2309 90 41 10 40 Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing by weight 155 % or more of protein Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing by weight 15,5 % or more of protein and not more than 23 % of starch () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. ) O] No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1. () OJ No L 336, 23. 12. 1994, p. 22.