10. 3. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 66/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 520/94 of 7 March 1994 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common procedure for ad- ministering quantitative quotas (') established, for the Community, a procedure for administering quantitive quotas based on the allocation of quotas among the Member States, which might entail the compartmentaliza- tion of the Community market and checks at internal frontiers for the products concerned ; Whereas under Article 7a of the Treaty, the internal market comprises since 1 January 1993 of an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured; Whereas a new system for administering quantitative quotas should therefore be established in line with this objective and based on the principle of a uniform common commercial policy, in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Court of Justice of the Euro- pean Communities ; Whereas there should be a choice between several alloca- tion methods, depending on criteria such as the situation of the Community market, the type of product concerned, specific characteristics of the supplier countries and the Community’s international obligations, particularly those which undertake to allow for traditional trade flows; () OJ No L 124, 8. 6. 1970, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 1985 Act of Accession. Whereas the administration of import and export quotas should be based on a system of licences issued by the Member States in line with quantitative criteria estab- lished at Community level; Whereas the administrative procedure must ensure that all applicants have fair access to quotas, and whereas the documents issued must be such that they can be used throughout the Community ; Whereas it is necessary to set up a committee to organize close and effective cooperation between the Member States and the Commission for the purposes of the imple- mentation of this Regulation ; Whereas the provisions of this Regulation and those governing its implementation should not prejudice existing national and Community rules concerning profe- sional secrecy; Whereas the products listed in Annex II to the Treaty, together with textiles and other products that are subject to specific common import arrangements laying down specific provisions as regards quota administration should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation; Whereas this Regulation should replace Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70 and the said Regulation should therefore be repealed ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1024/70 (3, the Council applied Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70 to the French overseas departments ; whereas there is no longer any need for a separate regulation, given that the common provisions laid down in this Regulation apply to Com- munity territory in its entirety, as defined in Article 227 of the Treaty; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1024/70 should therefore also be repealed, () OJ No L 124, 8. 6. 1970, p. 5.