Single market stage

Since at the single market stage price systems will be standardised and agricultural policy will be on a Community basis, the financial consequences thereof shall devolve upon the Community.

Whereas at the single market stage, in view of the fact that price systems are standardised and the agricultural policy is a Community policy, the financial consequences devolve upon the Community;

whereas, to that end, a single quality of pig carcases corresponding to the standard quality referred to in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 and a clearly defined marketing stage should be used;

whereas, therefore, the maximum water content of frozen or quick-frozen chickens should be fixed and a monitoring system both in slaughterhouses and at all marketing stages should be defined without violating the principle of the free circulation of products in a single market;

Whereas it is necessary, in the course of the operation of the common market and for the changeover to the single currency, to provide legal certainty for citizens and firms in all Member States on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro well before the entry into the third stage;

RECOGNIZING that the Community and Argentina wish to establish contractual links aimed at fostering trade and economic cooperation capable of further development at a later stage and taking account of the opportunities opened up by the completion of the single market in the 1990s;