Council Regulation (EEC) No 3240/88 of 18 October 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2915/86 laying down socio-structural provisions applicable to agriculture in the Canary Islands

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3240/88
of 18 October 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2915/86 laying down socio-structural provisions applicable to agriculture in the Canary Islands
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 25 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2915/86 (1) extended to the Canary Islands, with a view to contributing towards the development of their agricultural structures, a number of socio-structural measures applicable to all the regions of the Community;
Whereas, on account of their particularly inadequate agricultural structures, the following measures should also be made applicable to the Canary Islands: the scheme to encourage the cessation of farming adopted by Regulation (EEC) No 1096/88 (2) and the system of aids to encourge the formation and facilitate the operation of producers' organizations in the fruit and vegetable sector, provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (4);
Whereas the application to the Canary Islands of the abovementioned socio-structural measures is compatible with the general objectives of the common agricultural policy,