31. 12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 353/55 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3356/94 of 22 December 1994 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1995) ' 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 Cooperation Agreement between the European FEconomic Community and the Republic of Slovenia, which was signed on 5 April 1993 (') and Council Regulation (EC) No 3355/94 of 22 December 1994 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (?) provide for the opening of Community tariff quotas for imports into the Community of: — 300 tonnes of garlic falling within CN code ex 07032000, for the period 1 February to 31 May, — 1200 tonnes of sweet peppers falling within CN code 0709 60 10, — 1300 tonnes of frozen peas falling within CN code 0710 21 00, — 3000 tonnes of sweet cherries, clear-fleshed of a diameter not exceeding 18.9 millimetres, stoned, intended for the manufacture of chocolate products falling within CN code ex 2008 60 39, — 545000 hectolitres of certain wines of fresh grapes falling within Chapter 22 of the Combined Nomenclature, — 5420 hectolitres of plum spirit marketed under the name of ‘Sljivovica’, falling within CN code ex 2208 90 33, and ~— 1500 tonnes of tobacco of the ‘Prilep’ type, falling within CN code ex 2401 10 60 or ex 2401 20 60, as defined in an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of 11 July 1980, (1) OJ No L 189, 29. 7. 1993, p. 2. (3) See p. 1 of this Official Journal. originating in the Republics to which this Regulation refers; : i Whereas, within the limits of these tariff quotas, customs duties will be brought down to the level stipulated in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3355/94; Whereas plum spirit and tobacco of the ‘Prilep’ type must be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity; Whereas importation into the Community of the wines in question is subject to compliance with the free-at-frontier reference price; whereas the said wines qualify for these tariff quotas only if Article 54 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (3) is complied with; Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said quotas and to ensure uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; Whereas the decision for the opening of tariff quotas should be taken by the Community in the execution of its international obligations; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no obstacle to authorizing the 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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of the following products, originating in the Republics of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, shall be suspended during the periods, at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas as shown below for each one: (®) O] No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1897/94 (O] No L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 42).