Council Regulation (EEC) No 742/93 of 17 March 1993 providing for, in the fruit and vegetables sector, the abolition of the compensation mechanism in trade between Portugal and the other Member States

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 742/93 of 17 March 1993 providing for, in the fruit and vegetables sector, the abolition of the compensation mechanism in trade between Portugal and the other Member States
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 internal market makes it desirable to remove all barriers to trade, not only between the Member States of the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 but also, as far as possible, between those Member States and the  new Member States;
Whereas the compensation mechanisms for fruit and vegetables instituted by Article 318 (1) of the Act of Accession, application and monitoring of which would, moreover, be very difficult once the Community no longer has internal frontiers, should  therefore be discontinued;
Whereas experience shows that no effective use has been made of the measures to protect the Portuguese market provided for by Article 318 (2) of the Act of Accession;
Whereas the applicability of the above measures should therefore be terminated and, for reasons of clarity, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3648/90 of 11 December 1990 laying down general rules for implementing the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal as  regards the compensation mechanism on imports of fruit and vegetables originating in Portugal (2) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3649/90 of 11 December 1990 laying down general rules for the mechanism for the protection of the Portuguese market in  fruit and vegetables provided for in Article 318 (2) of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal (3) should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the full integration of the Portuguese market into the Community market which will thus be brought about makes it appropriate to apply to Portugal the common level of institutional prices,