COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3656/90 of 11 December 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) N° 3103/76 as regards the list of regions producing durum wheat in which aid for such wheat is to be granted in 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 Article 234 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the aid provided for in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3653/90 of 11 December 1990 introducing transitional measures governing the common organization of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal(1) to compensate for the fall in revenue resulting from the alignment of the Portuguese support price on that applicable in the Community is not granted for durum wheat; whereas, in the absence of such aid, the relationship between the support granted for the production of durum wheat in Portugal and that granted for common wheat produces an opposite effect from the relationship existing in the rest of the Community; whereas, in order to make for a better balance in Portugal between these two cereals, it is appropriate that production aid for durum wheat be granted in its entirety in all the traditional production areas covered by this Regulation;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3103/76(2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1216/89(3), defines the regions producing durum wheat in which aid for such wheat is granted; whereas it is therefore necessary to supplement the list of those regions,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following is hereby inserted in the list of regions in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) N° 3103/76:

'PORTUGAL:

Distritos:Santarém Lisboa Setúbal Portalegre Évora Beja Faro.`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.

It shall apply from the 1991/92 marketing year.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 1990.

For the CouncilThe PresidentV. SACCOMANDI

(1)See page 28 of this Official Journal.

(2)OJ No. L 351, 21. 12. 1976, p. 1.

(3)OJ No. L 128, 11. 5. 1989, p. 5.