No L 338/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 93 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3671/93 of 22 December 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain wines originating in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania 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, in accordance with the agreements in the form of exchanges of letters concluded between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Hungary, and Romania, of the other part, approved by Decisions 93/721/EC('), 193/723/EC (%) and 93/725/EC (°), the Community under- took to open tariff quotas subject to reduced customs duties for certain wines originating in the said countries ; whereas access to those quotas is confined to the wines in question accompanied by a document issued by a mutu- ally recognized official body certifying that the wines correspond to those covered by the agreement and originate in the countries concerned ; Whereas those quotas should be dpened on an annual basis running from 1 January to 31 December; Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all the parties concerned equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for the quotas to all imports or re-imports into all Member States of the product meeting the conditions specified until the quotas have been used up; Whereas the decision to open the tariff quotas should be taken by the Community in compliance with its interna- (a) Wines originating in Bulgaria : tional obligations ; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration on these quotas, there is no obstacle to authorizing Member States to draw from the quota-volumes the necessary quantities corresponding to actual imports; whereas, however, 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 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 represented by the Benelux economic union, all transactions concerning the adminis- tration of the quantities drawn by that economic union may be carried out by any one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. From 1 January to 31 December 1994, and without prejudice to paragraph 2, the customs duties applicable on importation of the following products originating in - Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania shall be suspended at levels and within the limits of tariff quotas as indicated with respect to each product: : - Volume Order CN Code Description Quota du No (" : of quota (% basict)y (bl 09.7001 ex 220410 Quality sparkling wine, in containers holding not more than 1100 60 2 litres . 09.7003 ex 220421 - Quality wine, including quality wine with a designation of 247 200 60 origin 09.7005 ex 2204 29 Quality wine, including quality wine with a designation of 118 000 60 origin, and wine obtained from grapes of the ‘Gamza” vine variety designated and presented under that name or under the synonym ‘kadarka’ (") See Taric codes in the Annex. (3 Despite the rules for interpreting the combined nomenclature, the description of the products should be taken as a guide only, as the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined, in the context of this Annex, by the scope of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are mentioned the applicability - of the preferential arrangements is determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description, taken together. () OJ No L 337, 31. 12. 1993. () OJ No L 337, 31. 12. 1993. ° () OJ No L 337, 31. 12. 1993.