Council Regulation (EEC) No 3814/92 of 28 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and introducing application in Spain of the sugar sector prices provided for by that Regulation

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3814/92  of 28 December 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and introducing application in Spain of the sugar sector prices provided for by that Regulation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 70 (3) (b) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Whereas the achievement of the single market on 1 January 1993 makes it desirable to remove all barriers to trade, not only between the Member States of the Community as constitued on 31 December 1985 but also, as far as possible, between those Member  States and the new Member States;
Whereas accession compensatory amounts are due to be applied to trade in sugar sector products between Spain and the other Member States until the end of the 1994/95 marketing year, since Council Regulation (EEC) No 1716/91 of 13 June 1991 concerning  the alignment of the sugar and beet prices applicable in Spain on the common prices (2) specified that date for alignment of the Spanish prices on the common prices;
Whereas, without prejudice to the measures to be adopted when new sugar sector production arrangements are determined or to deal with the specific consequences for Spain of the Community's international commitments, prices can be aligned at the earlier  date of 1 January 1993, and in consequence all accession compensatory amounts abolished, if Spanish beet producers are compensated by a temporary degressive aid of an initial amount based on the existing difference between beet prices; whereas should  the fall in beet prices have an impact on the market for sugar cane grown in Spain corresponding aid would have to be granted to growers;
Whereas the Spanish market situation is such that the prices laid down by this Regulation can be applied in Spain;
Whereas early alignment of prices will require the adoption of measures to facilitate necessary structural changes in the Spanish sugar industry,