No L 40/10 Official Journal of the Buropean Communities 11. 2. 94 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 298/94 of 7 February 1994 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus. (1994) 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 Articles 18 and 19 of the Agreement establi- shing an Association between the European Community and the Republic of Cyprus (*), as supplemented by the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the second stage of the said Agree- ment and adapting certain provisions thereof (3, provide for the opening of annual Community tariff quotas for : — 60000 tonnes for new potatoes falling within CN code 0701 90 59 (16 May to 30 June), — 2500 tonnes for carrots falling within CN code 0706 10 00 (1 April to 15 May), — 300 tonnes of sweet peppers falling within CN code 0709 60 10, — 1 500 tonnes of salad beetroot falling within CN code ex 0706 90 90, — 7 500 tonnes of fresh table grapes falling within CN codes ex 08061015 and 08061019 (8 June to 4 August), — 1 500 tonnes of dried grapes in immediate containers of a net capacity not exceeding 15 kg falling within CN code 08062011, 08062012, 080620 18, ex 0806 20 91, ex 0806 20 92 or ex 0806 20 98, — 3000 tonnes of certain types of concentrated grape juice falling within CN code 2009 60 51, 2009 60 71, ex 2009 60 90 or ex 2204 30 91, — 35000 hectolitres of certain wines of fresh grapes, in containers holding two litres or less, falling within CN code 2204 2125, ex 220421 29, ex 220421 35 or ex 2204 21 39, — 26 000 hectolitres of certain wines of fresh grapes, in containers holding more than two litres, falling within CN code ex 2204 29 25, ex 2204 29 29, 2204 29 35 or ex 2204 29 39, and — 150000 hectolitres of certain liqueur wines falling within CN code ex 2204 21 35, ex 2204 21 39, ex 2204 29 35, ex 2204 29 39, ex 2204 21 49, ex 2204 29 49, ex 2204 21 59 or ex 2204 29 59, () OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1973, p. 2. () OJ No L 393, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. originating in Cyprus; Whereas, pursuant to Articles 18 and 19 of the Protocol in question and pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regula- tion (EEC) No 1764/92 of 29 June 1992 amending the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Maita, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia (), the quantities for all the above products are subject to annual increases; whereas the quotas in 1994 will accordingly be increased to the amounts indicated in Article 1; Whereas, importation into the Community of the wines in question are subject to the free-at-frontier reference price ; whereas the said wines qualify for these tariff quotas only if Article 54 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organiza- tion of the market in wine (*) is adhered to; Whereas liqueur wines, to qualify for the Community tariff quota, must be so designated in the VI 1 document or VI 2 extract provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85 of 18 December 1985 on the certifi- cate and analysis report required for the importation of wine, grape juice and grape must ("); Whereas it is particularly necessary to ensure that all Community importers enjoy equal and uninterrupted access to the abovementioned quotas and uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for those quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been used up; Whereas the decision for the opening, in the execution of its international obligations, of tariff quotas should be taken by the Community; whereas to ensure the ef- ficiency of a common administration of these quotas, there is no reasonable obstacle to authorizing the Member States to draw from the quota-volumes 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 quotas are used up and inform the Member States accordingly ; () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 9. () OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1566/93 (OJ No L 154, 26. 5. 1993, p. 39 () OJ No L 343, 20. 12. 1985, p. 20. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2039/88 (O] No L 179, 9. 7. 1988, p. 29).