Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1380/93 of 4 June 1993 concerning the abolition of customs duties and fixed components in trade between Portugal and the rest of the Community and the application by Portugal of Common Customs Tariff duties in trade with third countries from 1 April 1993

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1380/93 of 4 June 1993 concerning the abolition of customs duties and fixed components in trade between Portugal and the rest of the Community and the application by Portugal of Common Customs Tariff duties in trade  with third countries from 1 April 1993
THE COMMISSION 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 75 (4) and Article 243 (4) thereof,
Whereas the Act of Accession provides for the possibility of abolishing customs duties and other components for agricultural products traded between Portugal and the Community of Ten; whereas the said provisions enable Portuguese customs duties to align  rapidly with the Common Customs Tariff;
Whereas, in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), the  provisions of Article 75 (4) and Article 243 (4) of the Act of Accession equally apply with regard to duties applying to trade between Spain and Portugal;
Whereas Portugal and Spain have made an application in this regard;
Whereas the achievement of a 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 between these Member States and Spain and Portugal as well as  between these two countries;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the Management Committees concerned,