19. 2. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 48/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 369/94 of 14 February 1994 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Austria, Norway and Sweden 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 concluded Agreements in the form of exchanges of letters in particular with Austria, Norway and Sweden, approved by Decisions 86/55S/EEC ('), 86/557/EEC () and 86/5S8/EEC (); Whereas the above Agreements have been amended or supplemented by the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and by the bilateral Agreements in the form of exchanges of letters with Austria, Norway and Sweden, and approved by Decisions 93/734/EC (%), 93/737/EC () and 93/738/EC (9); : Whereas under the above Agreements the Community has undertaken, subject to certain conditions, to open Community tariff quotas each year at a reduced or zero rate of duty for a number of agriculture and fishery products originating in those countries ; whereas the tariff quotas should accordingly be opened for 1994, specifying where necessary any conditions of eligiblity laid down ; whereas in the interests of clarity the agricultural products subject to tariff quotas should be set out in Annex I to this Regulation by country of origin, specifying for each product the volume of the tariff quota, the rate of customs duty applicable and the period of validity; Whereas all Community importers should be ensured equal and continuous access to the quotas and the duty rates laid down for the quotas should be applied without interruption to all imports of the products in question into all Member States until the quotas are exhausted ; () OJ No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 57. () O] No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 76. () O] No L 328, 22. 11. 1986, p. 89. () OJ No L 346, 31. 12. 1993, p. 14. () OJ No L 346, 31. 12. 1993, p. 17. () OJ No L 346, 31. 12. 1993, p. 18. Whereas it is the responsibility of the Community to open tariff quotas in performance of its international obli- gations ; whereas in the interests of efficient common management of the quotas, however, there is nothing to prevent the Member States’ being authorized to draw from the quotas the quantities necessary to cover 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 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 jointly represented by, the Benelux Economic Union, and any operation concerning the administration of these quota may be carried out by any * one of its members, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. From 1 January to 31 December 1994, or for the periods shown in Annex I, the customs duties applicable to the products referred to in this Regulation shall be suspended or reduced to the levels indicated for each product, within the limit of the Community tariff quota shown for each product. 2.  Entitlement to the tariff quotas referred to in the Annex by Order Nos 09.0803 and 09.0805 is reserved for wines accompanied by the following document: — an approved commercial document, completed in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 986/89, Article 9 (2) (). In this case the document must include the following endorsement, certified by the competent Austrian organization : () OJ No L.106, 18. 4, 1989, p. 7.