Council Regulation (EEC) No 495/86 of 25 February 1986 fixing, for 1986, the initial quotas applicable to Portuguese imports from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 of certain products in the pigmeat sector

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 495/86  of 25 February 1986  fixing, for 1986, the initial quotas applicable to Portuguese imports from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 of certain products in the pigmeat sector
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 pursuant to Article 269 of the Act of Accession, Portugal may, during the first stage, maintain, in the form of quotas, quantitative restrictions on imports of certain products in the pigmeat sector coming from the  Community as constituted on 31 December 1985;  Whereas paragraph 2 (b) of the said Article 269 provides that the initial quota in 1986 for each product should be fixed either at 3 % of the average of Portuguese production during the last three years  before accession for which statistics are available or at the average of Portuguese imports made over the last three years before accession for which statistics are available where this criterion results in a greater volume;  Whereas the statistics  currently available show that the initial quota should be fixed on the basis of Portuguese production;  Whereas, from 1 March to 31 December 1986, the applicable quota should be equal to the initial quota, less one-sixth,