Council Regulation (EEC) No 3416/90 of 27 November 1990 on the introduction of Community aid for the consumption of olive oil in Spain and Portugal

COUNCIL  REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3416/90
of 27 November 1990
on the introduction of Community aid for the consumption of olive oil in Spain and Portugal
THE COUNCIL 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 Articles 89 ( 1 ) and 234 ( 2 ) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Articles 95 ( 1 ) and 293 ( 1 ) of the Act of Accession provide that Community aid for the consumption of olive oil hereinafter called "aid' is to be introduced in Spain and Portugal from 1 January 1991, according to a timetable to be determined, to the extent necessary to reach the common level at the end of the period of application of the transitional measures; whereas it is therefore necessary to fix the amount of the aid applicable in Spain and Portugal from 1 January 1991 and the timetable for bringing this amount into line with the common level of aid; whereas transitional measures may, however, prove necessary for a limited period, to avoid major upheavals on the olive oil market in the two Member States concerned and to take account of transitional measures adopted for sunflower seed;
Whereas, to avoid a fall in olive oil consumption in Spain and Portugal following the end of the standstill period, it is necessary to introduce the aid in these two Member States at a level allowing the price ratio between olive oil and competing oils to be adjusted gradually;
Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2902/89 ( 2 ), provides that the representative market price may be adjusted under certain circumstances during the marketing year, thereby entailing an adjustment of aid; whereas, in this case, the aid levels applicable in Spain and Portugal must be adapted to take account of this price adjustment;
Whereas the alignment of the intervention price in Spain and Portugal on the common price is to be completed from the 1994/95 marketing year; whereas, therefore, the common level of aid must be applied in these two Member States from that date, so that the same price is paid by consumers throughout the Community,