31.12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 334/13 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3637/93 of 16 December 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT for certain agricultural and industrial products 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 has undertaken, within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to open yearly reduced or zero-duty Community tariff quotas on certain conditions for certain agricultural and industrial products; whereas the tariff quotas in question should accordingly be opened for 1994, specifying, where appropriate, the agreed entry conditions; Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous access to the said quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted; Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas, to ensure' the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the quotas ate 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, any operation concerning the administration of quantities drawn by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The customs duties applicable to imports of the following products shall be suspended during the periods, at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas shown below: Rate of Oquier CN(:;’dc Description Quota period S)ﬁ:’r?e zzl;t;' 09.0006 0302 40 90 | Herring, subject to compliance with the reference | From 16 June 1994 34 000 0 0303 5090 | prices to 14  February tonnes 0304 1093 1995 ex 0304 10 98 ‘0304 90 25 09.0007 | ex 03055110 | Cod of the species Gadus morbua or Gadus ogac | From 1 January to 25 000 0 ex 0305 5190 | and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, dried, | 31 December 1994 tonnes 0305 59 11 | salted or in brine, whole, headless or in pieces ‘ 0305 5919 ' ex 0305 62 00 0305 6910 09.0009 | ex 03026965 | Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis), fresh, chilled or | From 1 January to 2 000 8 ex 030378 10 | frozen 31 December 1994 tonnes ex 0304 90 47 (:;l) See Taric codes annexed.