8. 4. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 91/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues 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 the Community negotiated new tariff conces- sions under Article XXVIII of the GATT ; whereas these negotiations led to agreements with Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Poland, Sweden and Uruguay; whereas these agreements were approved by Council Decision of 20 December 1993 ('); Whereas the agreements in question provide for the opening on 1 January 1994, under certain conditions, of annual tariff quotas for high-quality beef falling within CN. codes 0201 3000, 02023090, 02061095 and 0206 29 91, pigmeat falling within CN codes 0203 1913 and 0203 29 15, poultrymeat falling within CN codes 0207 41 10, 0207 4141, 02074171, 0207 4210, 0207 4211 and 0207 4271, wheat and meslin falling within CN codes 1001 10 00 and 1001 90 99, and brans, sharps and other residues falling within CN codes 230230 10, 23023090, 23034010 and 23034020; whereas these quotas have therefore to be opened with effect from 1 January 1994 ; Whereas the agreements in question cover an undeter- mined period ; whereas in the interests of rationalization and efficiency, the quotas should therefore be opened on a multiannual basis ; Whereas a system guaranteeing the nature, provenance and origin of the products may prove to be appropriate ; whereas to that end imports within the framework of these new tariff concessions should be subject, where appropriate, to the presentation of a certificate of authen- ticity ; Whereas it may be appropriate to spread out these imports over the year on the basis of the needs of the () OJ No L 47, 18. 2. 1994, p. 1. Community market; whereas to that end a system for using up quotas based on the presentation of an import licence may prove appropriate ; Whereas the Council’s approval of the abovementioned agreements renders redundant the system provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1058/88 of 28 March 1988 on the import of bran, sharps and other residues derived from sifting, milling or other working of cereals other than maize and rice and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (?) ; whereas that Regula- tion should consequently be repealed ; Whereas detailed rules for the application of this Regula- tion and, in particular, the provisions required for the sound administration of the quotas must be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (%) or in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on the common organization of the markets affected by the opening of the quotas; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 of 5 February 1979 on the procedure for adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricul- tural products () and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff () already provide that the Commission may make the tech- nical amendments and adjustments to this Regulation as () OJ No L 104, 23. 4. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3611/93 (O] No L 328, 29. 12. 1993, p- 7). () OJ No L 34, 9. 2. 1979, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3209/89, (OJ No L 312, 27. 10. 1989, p. 5 () OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 534/94, (OJ No L 68, 11. 3. 1994, p. 5).