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 (3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament1,

Whereas Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90 introducing transitional measures governing the common organization of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal2 provides for the application in Portugal of the common price for all feed grains from the beginning of the second stage of accession;

Whereas the common price for pig carcases, which largely depends on the price of feed-grains, should therefore also be applied to Portugal from the same date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: