12. 12. 91 Official Journal of the European Comniunities No L 341/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3593/91 of 11 December 1991 abolishing in two stages certain customs duties applicable in trade between the Community of Ten and Spain and Portugal as a result of the Mediterranean : agreements THE COMMISSION 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 Articles 75 (4) and 243 (4) thereof, ' Whereas the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal provides for the possibility of suspending or abolishing the customs duties on agricultural products in trade between those two Member States and the Community of Ten at a faster rate than laid down in the Act; Whereas it was decided in the framework of the new Mediterranean policy to dismantle the customs duties on some products to make them zero from 1 January 1993 ; Whereas provision should be made, in view of the duties applicable to imports from Spain and Portugal in ac- cordance with Articles 75 (1) and 243 (1) of the Act of Accession, for agricultural products consigned from Spain and Portugal not to enjoy less favourable treatment than the same products covered by the additional protocols concluded with the Mediterranean countries ; Whereas that dismantlement should be carried out in two stages, the first commencing on 1 January 1992 and the second on 1 January 1993; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The customs duties laid down in the Act of Accession on the products listed in the Annex hereto and imported into the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 from Spain and Portugal shall be: — reduced by 50 % on 1 January 1992, — totally abolished on 1 January 1993. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 December 1991. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission