No L 326/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 28, 12. 93 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3569/93 of 20 December 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain mixtures of malt sprouts and barley screenings THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, pursuant to Regulations (EEC) No 470/93 () and (EEC) No 992/93 (3, the Council suspended, for the period 1 January to 31 December 1993, customs duties on the products referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation within the limits of Community tariff quotas for a total of 120 000 tonnes ; Whereas it is appropriate to open, for the period 1 January to 31 December 1994, Community tariff quotas, for a total of 120 000 tonnes, for these products ; Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to guarantee the uninterrupted appli- cation of the exoneration from collection of the duties to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quota has been used up; Whereas the decision to open autonomous tariff quotas should be taken by the Community ; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is, however, no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the neces- sary quantities corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this method of administration nevertheless requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commis- sion and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly ; : Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within, and jointly represented by, the Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning the admi- nistration of the quotas may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 From 1 January until 31 December 1994, the customs duties and the agricultural levies applicable to imports of the products listed below shall be suspended, within the limits of the Community tariff quotas shown below : (tonnes) Order No CN code (a) Amount of Description quota 100 000 09.2903 ex 2309 90 31 ex 2309 90 41 Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of 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 Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of 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 09.2905 ex 2309 90 31 ex 2309 90 41 Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing by weight 12,5 % or more of protein Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts and of barley screenings before the malting process (possibly including other seeds) with barley cleanings after the malting process, and containing by weight 12,5 % of more of protein and not more than 28 % of starch 20 000 (a) See the Taric codes in the Annex. () OJ No L 50, 2. 3. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 104, 29. 4. 1993, p. 2.