29. 6. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 171/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1911/91 of 26 June 1991 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands 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 the first subparagraph of Article 25 (4) thereof, Having regard to the amended proposal from the Commission (%), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas, by virtue of Article 25 of the Act of Accession, the Treaties and the acts of the institutions of the Euro- pean Communities apply to the Canary Islands, subject to the derogations set out in that Article, in Article 155 and in Protocol 2 to the said Act; Whereas these arrangements exclude the Canary Islands in particular from the Community’s customs territory and from application of the common commercial policy, the common agricultural policy and the common fisheries policy ; whereas experience has however shown that the development of the Canary Islands would be better served by their full integration into the common policies and the process of completing the internal market ; whereas the arrangements laid down in the Act of Accession should therefore be amended and the Canary Islands integrated into the Community’s customs territory ; Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 25 (4) of the Act of Accession, the Council, at Spain’s request, acting on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, may decide unanimously to include the Canary Islands in the () OJ No C 67, 15. 3. 1991, p. 8. () OJ No C 158, 17. 6. 1991. () Opinion dlivered on 30 May 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). customs territory of the Community and to define the appropriate measures aimed at extending to the Canary Islands the provisions of Community law in force; whereas Spain made such a request on- 7 March 1990 pursuant to the aforementioned Article ; Whereas integration of the Canary Islands into all Community policies requires a gradual process over an appropriate transitional period, without prejudice to any special measures designed to take ‘account of the specific constraints deriving from the remoteness of the Canary Islands, their island location and their historical economic and tax arrangements ; whereas such measures will have to be the subject of a special programme of options specific to the remote and insular nature of the Canary Islands, to be adopted pursuant to this Regulation ; Whereas application of the common agricultural policy to the Canary Islands will make possible the free movement of products on the conditions applicable to mainland Spain (end of the transitional period : 31 December 1995) with the exception of the supplementary trade mecha- nisms as regards the supplying of the Canary Islands; whereas, in this framework, the free movement of products between the Canary Islands and the rest of Spain will be ensured ; whereas full application of the common agricultural policy is subject to the entry into force of specific supply arrangements ; whereas the application of this policy will have to be accompanied in addition by specific measures relating to the agricultural production of the Canary Islands ; whereas it is therefore necessary to maintain the provisions of the Act of Accession relating to the application of the common agricultural policy to the Canary Islands until the entry into force of such supply arrangements with the exception of those gover- ning the access of agricultural products originating in the Canary Islands to the other parts of the Community; whereas the provisions of Protocol 2 relating to bananas must remain in force ; Whereas it is necessary to a;rply the common fisheries policy to the Canary Islands on the entry into force of this Regulation on the conditions applicable to mainland