Council Regulation (EEC) No 501/86 of 25 February 1986 fixing, for 1986, the initial quota which may be applied by the Portuguese Republic for certain fruit and vegetables coming from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 501/86  of 25 February 1986  fixing, for 1986, the initial quota which may be applied by the Portuguese Republic for certain fruit and vegetables coming from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985
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 Article 234 (2) thereof,  Having regard to the  proposal from the Commission,  Whereas, pursuant to Article 269 of the Act of Accession, the Portuguese Republic may, during the first stage, maintain quantitative restrictions in the form of quotas on the importation of certain fruit and vegetables  from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 during certain periods of the year;  Whereas paragraph 2 (b) of that Article provides that the initial quota applicable in 1986 is to be fixed for each product either at 3 % of the average of  Portuguese production during the last three years before accession for which statistics are available, or at the average of Portuguese imports made over the last three years before accession for which statistics are available, where this criterion  results in a greater volume;  Whereas the statistics at present available show that the first of the abovementioned criteria has to be applied for fixing the initial quota;  Whereas, from 1 March to 31 December 1986, the quota applicable is to be equal  to the initial quota, less one-sixth,