The Member States take note of the fact that the Portuguese Government has embarked upon the implementation of a policy of industrialisation and economic development designed to align the standard of living in Portugal with that of the other Member States and to eliminate underemployment while progressively evening out regional differences in levels of development.
Tugann na Ballstáit dá n-aire go bhfuil Rialtas na Portaingéile ag gabháil do bheartas tionscail agus forbartha eacnamaíochta a chur i ngníomh atá ceaptha chun an caighdeán maireachtála sa Phortaingéil a chur ar comhréim le caighdeán na mBallstát eile, deireadh a chur leis an tearcfhostaíocht agus, san am céanna, na difríochtaí sa leibhéal forbartha ó réigiún go chéile a chur ar ceal.