NoL131/40EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.6.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No980/96
of31May1996
reducingthebasicandbuying-inpricesforcauliflowersandlemonsforJune
1996asaresultoftheoverrunintheintervention thresholdsfixedforthe
1995/96marketingyear
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,overrunsintheinterventionthresholdsamountingto
21933tonnesofcauliflowersand121402tonnesof
lemons;
Whereasitensuesfromtheforegoingthatthebasicand
buying-inpricesforcauliflowersandlemonsfixedby
CouncilRegulation(EC)No944/96Qforthe1996/97
marketingyearmustbereducedby1%inthecaseof
cauliflowersand10%inthecaseoflemons;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1035/72
of18May1972onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables('),aslastamendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1363/95(2),andinpar­
ticularArticle16b(4)thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1111/95(3)
fixestheintervention thresholdsforthe1995/96mar­
ketingyearat63800tonnesforcauliflowersand361600
tonnesforlemons;
Article1
Thebasicandbuying-inpricesforcauliflowersand
lemonsfortheperiod1to30June1996asfixedby
Regulation(EC)No944/96areherebyreducedby1%in
thecaseofcauliflowersand10%inthecaseoflemons
andshallbeasfollows:
(ECU/100kg)Whereas,pursuanttoArticle16a(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1035/72andArticle2(1)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2240/88of19July1988fixing,forpeaches,lemons
andoranges,therulesforapplyingArticle16bofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1035/72onthecommonorganizationof
themarketinfruitandvegetables(4),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No1327/95(%andArticle2(2)and(3)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1121/89of27April
1989ontheintroduction ofaninterventionthresholdfor
applesandcauliflowers(%aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No1327/95,whereinterventionmeasurestaken
duringamarketingyearinrespectofcauliflowersand
lemonsrelatetoquantitiesinexcessoftheintervention
thresholdsfixedforthoseproductsforthatmarketing
year,thebasicandbuying-inpricesfixedforthose
productsforthefollowingmarketingyeararetobe
reducedby1%foreach20200tonnesbywhichthe
thresholdisexceededinthecaseofcauliflowersand
11200tonnesinthecaseoflemons;BasicpriceBuying-inprice
Cauliflowers 29,35 12,72
Lemons 46,14 27,08
Thesepricesreferrespectivelyto:
—packedtrimmedcauliflowersofqualityclassI,
—packedlemonsofqualityclassI,size53to62milli­
metres.
Thesepricesdonotreflectthecostofthepackagingin
whichtheproductispresented.Whereas,accordingtoinformationprovidedbythe
MemberStates,intervention measurestakeninthe
Communityinrespectofthe1995/96marketingyear
involved85733tonnesofcauliflowers and483002
tonnesoflemons;whereastheCommissionhasrecorded
Article2
(')OJNoL118,20.5.1972,p.1.
(2OJNoL132,16.6.1995,p.8.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1996. (3)OJNoL111,18.5.1995,p.9.
(<)OJNoL198,26.7.1988,p.9.0OJNoL128,13.6.1995,p.8.
MOJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.21. 0OJNoL129,30.5.1996,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission