*****

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1388/90

of 23 May 1990

fixing the intervention threshold for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes and apples, for the 1990/91 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1197/90 of 7 May 1990 laying down specific measures for the application of certain intervention thresholds in the fruit and vegetables sector for the 1990/91 marketing year (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas the detailed rules for fixing the intervention threshold for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes and apples for the 1990/91 marketing year were laid down in Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1197/90;

Whereas the 1990/91 marketing year for cauliflowers runs from 1 May 1990 to 30 April 1991; whereas first a threshold should be fixed for that product and that marketing year for the Community with the exception of Portugal and one for Portugal for the period 1 May to 31 December 1990 and secondly a threshold should be fixed for the Community for the period 1 January to 30 April 1991;

Whereas the 1990/91 marketing year for peaches and nectarines runs from 1 May to 31 October 1990; whereas a threshold should be fixed for those products and that marketing year for the Community with the exception of Portugal and one for Portugal;

Whereas the 1990/91 marketing year for lemons runs from 1 June 1990 to 31 May 1991; whereas first a threshold should therefore be fixed for that product and that marketing year for the Community with the exception of Portugal and one for Portugal for the period 1 June to 31 December 1990 and secondly a threshold should be fixed for the Community for the period 1 January to 31 May 1991;

Whereas the 1990/91 marketing year for tomatoes runs from 1 January to 31 December 1990; whereas a threshold should be fixed for that product and that marketing year for the Community with the exception of Portugal and one for Portugal;

Whereas the 1990/91 marketing year for apples runs from 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1991; whereas first a threshold should therefore be fixed for that product and that marketing year for the Community with the exception of Portugal and one for Portugal for the period 1 July to 31 December 1990 and secondly a threshold should be fixed for the Community for the period 1 January to 30 June 1991;

Whereas the period of 12 consecutive months on the basis of which the overrun in the intervention thresholds for cauliflowers and lemons is assessed pursuant to Article 16b (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1193/90 (3), must be determined;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The intervention threshold for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes and apples for the 1990/91 marketing year is laid down in the Annex.

Article 2

1. The overrun in the intervention threshold for cauliflowers laid down in Article 1 shall be assessed on the basis of the quantities bought in between 1 February 1990 and 31 January 1991.

2. The overrun in the intervention threshold for lemons laid down in Article 1 shall be assessed on the basis of the quantities bought in between 1 March 1990 and 28 February 1991.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 May 1990.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 57.

(2) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 43.

ANNEX

Intervention threshold for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes and apples for the 1990/91 marketing year

(tonnes)

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Products/period // Community with the exception of Portugal // Portugal // Community // // // // // Cauliflowers: // // // // - 1 May to 31 December 1990 // 35 700 // 400 // - // - 1 January to 30 April 1991 // - // - // 21 200 // // // // // // // Total // 57 300 // // // // // Peaches // 332 800 // 4 100 // 336 900 // // // // // Nectarines // 52 800 // 1 100 // 53 900 // // // // // Lemons: // // // // - 1 June to 31 December 1990 // 166 900 // 1 000 // - // - 1 January to 31 May 1991 // - // - // 222 500 // // // // // // // Total // 390 400 // // // // // Tomatoes // 574 500 // 24 800 // 599 300 // // // // // Apples: // // // // - 1 July to 31 December 1990 // 182 800 // 1 900 // - // - 1 January to 30 June 1991 // - // - // 133 800 // // // // // // // Total // 318 500 // // // //