28. 11. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 310/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3316/84 of 22 November 1984 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain petroleum products falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff and refined in Spain (1985) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishiﬁg the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and Spain (') was concluded on 29 June 1970 and supplemented by the Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Spain consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community (%) ; Whereas the Community committed itself, under this Agreement, to opening an annual total Community tariff quota of 1424 000 tonnes of certain petroleum products falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff and refined in Spain; whereas the quota duty is equal to 40 % of the Common Customs Tariff duties; whereas this Community tariff quota should be opened for 1985 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 rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the product 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, to reflect as accurately as possible the true trend of the market of the products in question, such allocation should be in proportion to the requirements of the Member States, calculated by reference to the statistics for imports from Spain over a representative period and also to the economic outlook for the quota period concerned ; Whereas, in respect of the last three years for which statistics are available, the corresponding imports by () OJ No L 182, 16. 8. 1970, p. 2. () OJ No L 326, 13. 11. 1981, p. 2. each of the Member States represent the following per- centages of the imports into the Community from Spain of the products concerned: Member State 1981 1982 1983 Benelux 26,9 12,4 4,1 Denmark — 2,5 — Germany 9,8 2,6 1,1 Greece — — 0,3 France 12,2 7,2 57,5 Ireland 6,1 — —_ Italy 13,6 18,7 8,7 United Kingdom 314 56,6 28,3 Whereas, in view of these factors, and of market fore- casts for the products concerned and in particular of the estimates submitted by certain Member States, initial quota shares may be fixed approximately at the following percentages : Benelux 7,3 Denmark 12.2 Germany 4,9 Greece 0,2 France : 36,5 Ireland 7,3 Italy 7,3 United Kingdom 243 Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for the products concerned in the various Member States, the quota volume should be divided into two instalments, the first being shared between the Member States and the second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the requirements of Member States which have used up their initial quota shares ; whereas,