Council Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90 of 11 December 1990 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in fresh fruit and vegetables between Portugal and the other Member States

• Published date: 27 December 1990
• Subject Matter: Accession,Fruit and vegetables
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 362, 27 December 1990

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90 of 11 December 1990 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in fresh fruit and vegetables between Portugal and the other Member States

Official Journal L 362 , 27/12/1990 P. 0024 - 0026
Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 36 P. 0024
Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 36 P. 0024

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3651/90 of 11 December 1990 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in fresh fruit and vegetables between Portugal and the other Member States

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 249 of the Act of Accession provided for the temporary application of the supplementary trade mechanism, hereinafter referred to as 'the STM`, between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Portugal in order to forestall or, if necessary, react rapidly and appropriately to market disturbance; whereas pursuant to Article 286 (2) of the Act, Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3659/90 on products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism during the second stage of Portuguese accession(1) laid down the list of products subject to transition by stages to which the mechanism is to apply from the beginning of the second stage and included certain fruit and vegetables therein;

Whereas the joint declaration annexed to the Act states that, in their mutual trade in agricultural products, the new Member States are in principle, to apply, with respect to each other, the provisions and transitional mechanisms provided for in the Act of Accession under the arrangements applicable to their respective trade with the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985; whereas this declaration was implemented by means of Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal(2), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 3296/88(3); whereas the supplementary trade mechanism is thereby applicable to trade between Spain and Portugal;

Whereas experience of the operation of the existing supplementary trade...