6. 6. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 147/13 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1534/85 of 4 June 1985 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for herrings falling within subheading 03.01 B I a) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff ‘ 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 Community undertook to open an annual duty-free Community tariff quota for 34 000 tonnes of herrings, whole, headless or in pieces, falling within subheading 03.01 B I a) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff, imported from 16 June to 14 February in a fresh, chilled or frozen state, subject to compli- ance with the reference price ; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to open for the period 16 June 1985 to 14 February 1986 the duty-free tariff quota in question, bearing in mind the obligation to comply with the reference price fixed ; Whereas under Article 64 of the 1979 Act of Acces- sion, the Hellenic Republic is required to apply in full the Common Customs Tariff duty in respect of the product in question as from 1 January 1981 ; whereas, therefore, it is necessary to cover, under the tariff quota in question, the requirements of that Member State during the quota period; Whereas equal and continuous access to the said quota should be ensured for all importers and the rate of levy for the tariff quota should be applied consistently to all imports until the said quota is used up ; whereas, in the light of the principles outlined above, a Commu- nity tariff arrangement based on an allocation between the Member States would seem to preserve the Community nature of the quota ; whereas to represent as closely as possible the actual development of the market in the said goods this allocation should follow proportionately the requirements of the Member States calculated both from statistics of imports from third countries during a representative reference period and according to the economic outlook for the quota period in question ; Whereas, during the last three years for which complete ‘statistics are available, the imports of each Member State represent the following percentages in relation to total imports of the products in question : 1981 1982 1983 Benelux 5,02 6,12 5,99 Denmark 64,78 71,77 69,61 Germany 22,70 | 15,78 21,94 Greece — — —_— France 2,66 2,10 1,48 Ireland — - — Italy — — — United Kingdom 4,84 4,23 0,98 Whereas, in view of the above and of the foreseeable trend of the market for these products in the quota period, the initial quota shares may be as indicated in Articles 2 and 3; Whereas, to take account of the possible import trends for this product, the quota volume should be divided into two parts, the first being allocated between 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 give importers some degree of certainty, the first part of the tariff quota should be fixed at a high level, which in this case could be 33 000 tonnes; Whereas initial shares may be used up at different rates ; whereas, to take account of this fact and to avoid any interruption, it should be provided that any Member State which has almost used up its initial share should draw an additional share from the reserve ; whereas each time its additional share is almost used up a Member State should draw a further share and so on as many times as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional shares should be valid until the end of the quota period ; whereas this form of administration requires close collaboration between the Member States and the Commission, and the Commission must be in a position to keep account of the extent to which the quotas have been used up and to inform the Member States accordingly ;