In accordance with Article 150 of the Act of Accession, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may make provision, under certain conditions, for national aid, corresponding at most to the difference between the price recorded in a new Member State prior to accession and that resulting from the application of the Treaty of Accession, to be granted to private operators holding, on 1 January 1995, stocks of basic agricultural products or products processed therefrom.
