DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, ARTICLE 269
Official Journal L 302 , 15/11/1985 P. 0104
++++ Article 269 1 . Subject to paragraph 2 , the Portuguese Republic shall , from 1 March 1986 , eliminate the application of all quantitative restrictions and all measures having equivalent effect on imports of products referred to in Article 259 coming from the Community as at present constituted . 2 . ( a ) Until the end of the first stage , the Portuguese Republic may maintain quantitative restrictions on imports coming from the Community as at present constituted of the products referred to in Annex XXIII . ( b ) The quantitative restrictions referred to in ( a ) shall consist of annual quotas opened without discrimination between economic operators . The initial quota in 1986 for each product , expressed as the case may be in terms of volume or in ECU , shall be fixed : - either at 3 % of the average of Portuguese annual 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 or amount . ( c ) The minimum rate of progressive increase of the quotas shall be 15 % at the beginning of each year with respect to the quotas expressed in terms of value , and 10 % at the beginning of each year with respect to the quotas expressed in terms of volume . The increase shall be added to each quota and the following increase shall be calculated on the basis of the total figure obtained . ( d ) Where imports into Portugal during two consecutive years are less than 90 % of the annual quota opened , Portugal shall abolish the quantitative restrictions in force . ( e ) For the period running from 1 March to 31 December 1986 the applicable quota shall be equal to the initial quota reduced by onesixth .