» 14. 4. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 102/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1038/84 of 10 April 1984 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for new potatoes falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1984) 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 Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3700/83 of 22 December 1983 laying down the arran- gements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond 31 December 1983 ('), provides for the opening of a Community tariff quota of 60 000 tonnes of new pota- toes, originating in Cyprus and falling within subhead- ing 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff, at a rate of customs duty equal to 45 % of the customs duty in the Common Customs Tariff, for the period 16 May to 30 June 1984, whereas it is necessary to open this Community tariff quota for the period in ques- tion ; Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted appli- cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up; whereas, having regard to the above principles, the Community nature of the quota can be respected by allocating the Community tariff quota among the Member States ; whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as possible the true trend of the market in the products in question, such allocation should be in proportion to the require- ments of the Member States, calculated by reference to the statistics for imports from Cyprus over a represen- tative reference period and also to the economic outlook for the quota period in question; Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics are available, the corresponding imports by each of the (' OJ No L 369, 30. 12. 1983, p. 1. Member States represent the following percentages of the imports into the Community from Cyprus of the products concerned : Member States 1981 1982 1983 Benelux 40 4.0 6,2 Denmark — —_— — Germany 3,5 44 1,9 Greece — — — France —_— —_— — Ireland 0,1 —_ 0,2 Italy — — — United Kingdom 924 91,6 91,7 Whereas, in view of these factors of market forecasts for the products in question and in particular of the estimates submitted by certain Member States, initial quota shares may be fixed approximately at the following percentages : Benelux 50 Denmark 0,1 Germany 4,2 Greece 0,1 France 0,1 Ireland 0,2 Italy 0,1 United Kingdom 90,2 Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for the products concerned in the various Member States, the quota amount should be divided into two instalments, the first being shared among the Member States and the second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the requirements of the Member States which have used up their initial quota shares ; whereas,