Council Regulation (EEC) No 739/93 of 17 March 1993 on application of the common price for milk powder in Portugal

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 739/93 of 17 March 1993 on application of the common price for milk powder in Portugal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 (3) 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 requires the removal of all barriers to trade, not only between the Member States of the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 but also, to the greatest possible extent, between these Member States and  Spain and Portugal;
Whereas, where skimmed milk powder is concerned, the difference existing between the prices applicable in Portugal and the common prices ought, in accordance with the Act of Accession, to occasion an extension of the price alignment period and as a  result application of accession compensatory amounts until 1995; whereas, however, if Portuguese producers were to be given a temporary degressive aid such a long extension could be avoided and the prices aligned;
Whereas to offset the difficulties that elimination of the supplementary trade mechanism for milk products would otherwise involve for Portuguese producers the initial amount of the said aid should be set at more than the simple price difference for  protein content of ECU 1,57 and it should be made degressive to the end of the 1997/98 marketing year,