CELEX: 51988PC0620
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-08
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING, IN RESPECT OF SPAIN, REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4007/87 EXTENDING THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 90 ( 1 ) AND 257 ( 1 ) OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

No C 305/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                30. 11. 88
                                                              II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending, in respect of Spain, Regulation (EEC) No
             4007/87 extending the period referred to in Articles 90 (1) and 257 (1) of the Act of Accession
                                                    of Spain and Portugal
                                                      COM(88) 620 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission on 15 November 1988)
                                                        (88/C 305/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           (EEC) No 4007/87 of 22 December 1987 ('), to 31
                                                                   December 1988 for Spain and to 31 December 1990 for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Portugal;
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas in certain sectors such difficulties cannot be
                                                                   overcome by 31 December 1988 in the case of Spain;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 whereas the period in question should therefore be
Portugal, and in particular Article 90 (2) thereof,                extended to 31 December 1989 for that Member State,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard      to    the  opinion   of   the  European                                   Article 1
Parliament,
                                                                   In the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Council Regu-
                                                                   lation (EEC) No 4007/87, '31 December 1988' is hereby
Whereas Articles 90 (1) and 257 (1) of the Act of                  replaced by '31 December 1989'.
Accession provide for a period during which transitional
measures may be taken to facilitate the passage from the
arrangements existing in Spain and in Portugal on                                            Article 2
accession to the arrangements resulting from the                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989.
application of the common organization of the markets
as defined in the Act, and in particular to deal with              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
appreciable difficulties in the implementation of the new          directly applicable in all Member States.
arrangements on the date laid down; whereas the date of
expiry of that period, fixed at 31 December 1987 in the
Act of Accession, was extended by Council Regulation               (') OJ No L 378, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.