Council Regulation (EEC) No 3576/90 of 4 December 1990 on the temporary suspension of the mechanisms provided for in articles 123, 152, 318 and 338 of the act of accession of Spain and Portugal and the customs duties for wine and fruit and vegetable products originating in Spain and Portugal and released for consumption in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3576/90 of 4 December 1990 on the temporary suspension of the mechanisms provided for in Articles 123, 152, 318 and 338 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal and the customs duties for wine and fruit and  vegetable products originating in Spain and Portugal and released for consumption in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 89 (2) and 234 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas, as a result of the unification of Germany, wine and fruit and vegetable products originating in Spain and exported to the territory of the former German Democratic Republic are subject to the customs duties and to the mechanisms for  regulatory and compensatory amounts provided for in the Act of Accession; whereas comparable mechanisms are applicable with effect from 1 January 1991 for the same products originating in Portugal and exported to the same territory;
Whereas this new situation combines with the concessions made pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3568/90 of 4 December 1990 on the introduction of transitional tariff measures for Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, the USSR and  Yugoslavia(3) and which are applicable until 31 December 1992; whereas, in order not to disadvantage the products in question originating in Spain and Portugal and released for consumption in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic by  comparison with products originating in Eastern European countries, the mechanisms in question and the levying of customs duties should be temporarily suspended during the period of application of the above tariff concessions, to the extent of the  quantities traditionally exported from Spain and Portugal to the former German Democratic Republic,