1. 12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 296/55 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3301/93 of 29 November 1993 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain wines originating in 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 between the European Commu- nity, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, and Romania, of the other part, approved by Council Deci- sions of 23 November 1993 ('), the Community is to open tariff quotas subject to reduced customs duties for certain wines originating in the said countries ; whereas access to those quotas shall be confined to the wines in question accompanied by a document issued by a mutually recog- nized official body certifying that the wines are those covered by the agreement and originating in the countries concerned ; Whereas those quotas should be opened on an annual basis runing from 1 January to 31 December ; whereas, since the agreements enter into force after 1 January 1993, the annual quota-volumes should be adjusted pro rata temporis; 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 products meeting (a) Wines originating in Hungary : 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- tional obligations ; whereas, to ensure the efficiency of a common administration of 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 to 31 December 1993, and without prejudice to paragraph 2, the customs duties applicable on importa- tion of the following products originating in Hungary and Romania shall be suspended at levels and within the limits of tariff quotas as indicated with respect to each product : Quota Order CN code Description \;olum: dul No 0} G of quota (% (hl) ot ic) 09.7007 ex 2204 29 Wine of fresh grapes 5833 80 09.7009 ex 2204 10 Quality sparkling wine, in containers holding not 208 80 more than 2 litres 09.7011 ex 2204 21 Quality wine, including wine of superior quality and 9 583 80 quality wine bearing the geographical indication ‘Tokaj and wine bearing the name ‘Tajbor’ (") See the Taric codes in the Annex. (9) 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. (") Not yet published in the Official Journal.