90/671/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 December 1990 on transitional measures applying to Portuguese imports from other member states of products of the pigmeat, egg and poultrymeat sectors (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION
of 19 December  1990
on transitional measures applying to Portuguese imports from other Member States of products  of the pigmeat, egg and poultrymeat sectors
(Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
(90/671/EEC)
THE COMMISSION 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 257  thereof,
Whereas in Portugal the changeover from the arrangements applicable during the first stage of  accession to those resulting from application of common organization arrangements from the  beginning of the second stage is likely to raise considerable problems in the pigmeat, egg and  poultrymeat sectors; whereas application of the common organization arrangements in Portugal for  the cereals, pigmeat, egg and poultrymeat sectors, on the terms laid down by Council Regulations  (EEC) No 3653/90  (1) and (EEC) No 3657/90  (2), in fact involve immediate abolition of all  protection of the Portuguese market from competition from the other Member States;
Whereas in Portugal structural difficulties in the pigmeat, egg and poultrymeat sectors and a  level of profitability much lower than in the other Member States mean that too abrupt a  confrontation with much more competitive structures would be dangerous to the extent of  jeopardizing survival of these sectors in Portugal; whereas this danger is worsened by the fact  that at the beginning of the second stage the difficulties of Portuguese producers are made more  acute by the impact on their production costs of the very much higher level of cereal prices in  Portugal during the first stage of accession than in the rest of the Community;
Whereas application by Portugal as necessary and for a maximum of one year of a special duty as  specified in this Regulation on imports of products from other Member States would suffice to  remove this danger and allow the necessary adjustments in Portugal to be made harmoniously during  1991;
Whereas the Management Committees for Pigmeat and for Poultrymeat and Eggs have not issued  opinions within the time limits set by their chairmen,