No L 306/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 12. 93 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3384/93 of 6 December 1993 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for fresh strawberries originating in the Occupied Territories and laying down the procedure applicable to certain agricultural products subject to reference quantities originating in the said territories (1993/94) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 of 29 April 1991 on the tariff arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Occupied Territories and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3363/86 ("), and in particular Articles 2 and 3 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 provides for the elimination of customs duties on imports of the agricultural products set out in Annex II thereto and originating in the Occupied Territories on 1 January 1993, and within the periods indicated for each product; whereas, therefore, it is appropriate to open from 1 November 1993 the Community tariff quotas laid down for the said products, the volumes of which are indicated in Article 1 and the Annex to this Regulation ; Whereas duties on the strawberries falling within CN code 081010 90 are eliminated within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 1200 tonnes; Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into all the Member States until the quota is exhausted ; Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of a tariff quota should be taken by the Community ; whereas, to ensure the effici- ency of a common administration of this quota, there is, however, no obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volume the necessary quantities corresponding to 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 quota is used up and inform the Member States accor- dingly ; () OJ No L 112, 4. 5. 1991, p. 1. 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, any operation concerning the adminis- tration of the quota may be carried out by any one of its members ; Whereas, in carrying out its international obligations, the Community must open reference quantities and establish a statistical surveillance system regarding the products listed in the Annex; Whereas, in order to enable the competent authorities within the Commission to establish an annual trade balance sheet for each of the products and if necessary, to put into application the arrangement provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91, these products are subject to the statistical surveillance in accor- dance with Regulations (EEC) No 2658/87 (3 and (EEC) No 1736/75(}; Whereas, to ensure the efficiency of the surveillance system, the Member States must nevertheless charge imports of the products in question against the reference quantities as and when these products are presented to the customs under cover of declarations for release for free circulation ; whereas the reference quantities for the products listed in the Annex should be opened for the period 1993/94, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The customs duty applicable to imports into the Commu- nity of fresh strawberries originating in the Occupied Territories shall be suspended at the level indicated below and within the limit of the Community tariff quota as shown below : () OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2976/93 (O] No L 268, 29. 10. 1993, p. 21 (§] 0_]. No L 183, 14. 7. 1975, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 (O] No L 147, 14. 6. 1988, p. 1). .