31. 12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 347/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3280/94 of 19 December 1994 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound in GATT for certain agricultural, industrial and fisheries products 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 undertaken, within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to open each year, subject to certain conditions, Community tariff quotas at reduced or zero duty for a certain number of agricultural, industrial and fisheries products; Whereas, under the Agreement with the United States on the Mediterranean preferences, citrus and pasta, the Community has undertaken to suspend provisionally, within the limits of Community tariff quotas of appropriate volumes ‘and varying duration, part of the customs duties applicable to certain fruits and fruit juices; whereas, in order to ensure the balance of reciprocal concessions provided for in the Agreement, provision should be made to empower the Commission to suspend the application of the tariff measures in question by means of a Regulation; whereas eligibility for these tariff quotas is, however, subject to presentation to the Community customs authorities of a- certificate of authenticity issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin certifying that the products comply with the specifications laid down; Whereas, by its decision of 9 March 1993, the Commission approved the agreements negotiated between the Community and the United States of America on the permanent importation, free of customs duties and agricultural levies, of certain mixtures of malt sprouts and barley screenings, within the limit of Community tariff quotas; Whereas the Community has declared its readiness to open each year, for certain handmade products, a zero-duty Community tariff quota for an overall annual amount of ECU 10 540 000, with a maximum value of ECU 1200000 for each group of products covered; whereas eligibility for these Community tariff quotas is nevertheless subject to presentation to the Community customs authorities of a certificate issued by the recognized authorities of the country of manufacture certifying that the goods in question are handmade; Whereas the Community has declared itself ready to open zero-rated annual Community tariff quotas for certain fabrics of silk, silk waste or cotton, woven on handlooms, up to a .value (customs value) of ECU 2 316 000 for silk fabrics and ECU 2 069 000 for cotton fabrics; whereas eligibility for these Community tariff quotas is nevertheless subject to the presentation of a certificate of manufacture recognized by the relevant Community authorities, the presence of a stamp approved by those authorities at the beginning and end of each piece, and direct transport from the country of manufacture to the Community; Whereas it is for the Community, in the performance of its international obligations, to open Community quotas for the products listed in the Annexes to this Regulation; whereas all Community importers should be guaranteed equal and continuous access to the said quotas, and the rates of duty laid down for the quotas should be applied without interruption to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas are