1. 11. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 284/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2660/94 of 31 October 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 675/94 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulations (EC) No 3640/93 and (EC) No 3670/93 as regards the special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and of maize into Portugal THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3640/93 of 17 December 1993 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1993 (), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1799/94 of 18 July 1994 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain for the year 1994 (3), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3670/93 of 22 December 1993 on special arrangements for imports of maize into Portugal (*), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to the agreements between the Euro- pean Economic Community and the United States of America within the GATT framework, the Community has undertaken, as from the 1993/94 marketing year, to open a reduced-tariff quota for imports into Portugal of 500 000 tonnes of maize and, in respect of each of the years 1993 and 1994, to import into Spain a minimum quantity per annum of 2000 000 tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum, minus the quantities of certain grain substitutes imported into that country; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/94 (%) lays down the rules governing the administration of those special arrangements ; whereas, with regard to the special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain, those rules apply exclusively to the quota opened for 1993 by Council Regulation (EC) No 3640/93; whereas, by Regulation (EC) No 1799/94, the Council introduced special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain for 1994, by retaining the measure provided for in Regulation (EC) No 3640/93 ; whereas, as a result, the detailed rules for the application of the arran- gements provided for in Regulation (EC) No 3640/93 can also be applied to the arrangements introduced by Regu- lation (EC) No 1799/94 ; whereas, to that end, Regulation (EC) No 675/94 should be amended; () OJ No L 333, 31. 12. 1993, p. 13. () O] No L 189, 23. 7. 1994, p. 17. () OJ No L 338, 31. 12. 1993, p. 35. () OJ No L 83, 26. 3. 1994, p. 26. Whereas the margin of reduction relating to the quanti- ties which can be imported covered by licences issued under the arrangements, which is fixed at 0 % in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 675/94, has proved insuffi- cient; whereas, therefore, that margin should be increased ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EC) No- 675/94 is hereby amended as follows : ’ 1. The title is replaced by the following : ‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 675/94 of 25 March 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulations (EC) No 3640/93, (EC) No 1799/94 and (EC) No 3670/93 as regards the special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and of maize into Portugal’ 2. Article 1 is replaced by the following: Article 1 The import levy reduction provided for in Article 3 of Regulations (EC) No 3640/93 and (EC) No 1799/94 and in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 3670/93 shall be granted on importation into Spain of maize falling within CN code 10059000 and sorghum falling within CN code 1007 00 90 and on importation into Portugal of maize falling within CN code 1005 90 00, covered by licences issued by the Spanish and Portu- guese authorities as provided for in this Regulation.’ 3. The second subparagraph of Article 3 (1) is replaced by the following : ‘Where it is decided to fix a maximum import levy reduction, any tender(s) for an amount equal to or less than the maximum reduction shall be accepted. However, where the maximum reduction fixed under the tendering procedure for a given week leads to the acceptance of quantities exceeding the quantities remaining for importation in accordance with the provisions of the special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and of maize into