11. 5. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 116/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 858/96 of 10 May 1996 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (3, and in parti- cular Article 25 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2314/95(%), and in particular Article 12 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/95 of 22 December 1995 laying down the rates of duty to be applied by the Community resulting from negotiations under GATT Article XXIV.6 consequent upon the acces- sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union (%), and in particular Article § thereof, Whereas the Community has undertaken in the frame- work of the Agreement on Agriculture reached in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations () to open on certain terms reduced-duty Community tariff quotas for some fruits and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products; OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. OJ No L 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8. OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. O] No L 233, 30. 9. 1995, p. 69. OJ No L 334, 30. 12. 1995, p. 1. OJ No L 336, 23. 12. 1994, p. 22. ‘Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3093/95 enlargerd the list of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT; Whereas admission under the benefit of some of these tariff quotas requires presentation to the Community customs authorities of a certificate of authenticity deli- vered by the competent authorities of the country of origin that the products meet the required specific characteristics; Whereas under its international obligations it falls to the Community to open Community tariff quotas for the products listed in the Annex to this Regulation; whereas continuous equal access to these quotas should be afforded to all Community importers and the quota rates specified should apply uninterruptedly to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; whereas this need not prevent authorization being granted to the Member States, in the interests of efficient common management of the quotas, to draw from them quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas this way of working requires close cooperation between Member States and the Commission, which must be able to monitor the state of exhaustion of the quotas and inform the Member States accordingly; Whereas the tariff quotas provided for in the abovemen- tioned agreements are to be opened from the year 1996; whereas it is also necessary to set certain specific quali- fying requirements for the tariff quota benefits specified in the Annexes to this Regulation; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegeta- bles; Whereas the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,