No L 362/28 Official Journal of the E\iropean Communities 27.12. 90 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3653/90 of 11 December 1990 introducing transitional measures governing the common organization of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal ' THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treat& establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of l Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to thhe opinion of the European Parliament (1), : Whereas the price policy followed by the Community since accession and, in particular, the introduction of the system of stabilizers make impossible the process provided for in Article 285 of the Act of Accession as regards alignment of cereals prices in Portugal on the common price; whereas the European Council in February 1988 recognized that the recent adjustments to the common agricultural policy create difficulties which were not foreseen and which necessitate  an . amplification of the transitional arrangements, particularly as regards aid and timetables; Whereas the provision of aid which is temporary and reduced in phases, the initial amount of which is determined on the basis of the income guaranteed to Portuguese producers at the end of the first stage, would make it possible to reduce feedgrain prices in Portugal to the level of common prices and thereby facilitate the integration of the Portuguese market into the common organization of the markets; - Whereas, in the case of durum wheat, the same result can be achieved by granting to Portuguese producers the total . aid provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1340/90 (3), which, under Article 323 of the Act of Accession, was to be progressively introduced as from the beginning of the second stage; ' Whereas, in the case of common- wheat, the difference between the price applicable in Portugal and the common price is such that, in spite of the provision of aid, alignment cannot be achieved in one single operation; whereas a price (1) Opinion delivered on 23 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) O No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 1. higher than the common price must therefore be set in respect of this product and its alignment on the common price must be programmed over several marketing years; ~ Whereas, in the case of rice, a product in respect of which the difference between Portuguese prices and the common price does not warrant the provision of aid, a price based on that, applicable in Portugal at the end of the first stage should be applied at the beginning of the second stage and this price subsequently aligned on the common price: Whereas, in the case of both common wheat and rice, the Community’s recent policy makes unlikely any alignment resulting from the development in common prices as stipulated in Article 285 (4) (a) of the Act of Accession; whereas the method and timing of future alignments should therefore be determined, with particular reference to the difference between the prices of such products and the common prices; Whereas, as regards the phased reduction of aid, a system should be introduced enabling account to be taken of variations in the buying-in price from one marketing year to the next and, in particular, of reductions due to the stabilizers; whereas this phased reduction should also be spread over a sufficiently long period and aligned on that - envisaged for the alignment of common wheat prices; Whereas, with regard to the provisions of aid, the length of the marketing year should be fixed with reference to the season of the harvest in Portugal; Whereas the Community’s interest in a rapid integration of the Portuguese cereals market into the common organization of the market justifies a partial financing of the aid by the EAGGF, Guarantee Section, the remainder being financed by Portugal; Whereas the application of common prices for the majority of cereals makes it appropriate to apply to Portuguese producers the supplementary co-responsibility levy applicable to the other Member States; Whereas, in order to ease the transition from the intervention system existing in Portugal prior to the beginning of the second stage to the system based on the common organization of markets, it is appropriate that, for - the marketing year 1991/92, intervention in Portugal should take place from the beginning of the marketing year and that triticale, an important cereal in the context of Portuguese agriculture, should be eligible for intervention over a three-year period;