The Portuguese Republic shall postpone, until the control mechanism referred to in Article 292 expires, the application of preferential arrangements, be they contractual or autonomous, applied by the Community with regard to third countries in the olive oil sector, the oil seeds and oil fruits sector and in that of products derived therefrom.

Whereas, pending the Agreement's conclusion and entry into force, the Community should introduce these arrangements autonomously,

Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Protocol, the Community should, in the light thereof, lay down autonomously the arrangements applicable to Greece's trade with Turkey;

Whereas the Protocol on Portugal lays down that 'Portugal is hereby authorized to maintain the facility afforded to the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira to benefit from an interest-free credit facility with the Banco de Portugal under the terms established by existing Portuguese law'; and that 'Portugal commits itself to pursue its best endeavours in order to put an end to the abovementioned facility as soon as possible';