COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2563/93 of 17 September 1993 enabling Member States to authorize preventive withdrawals of apples

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 638/93 (2), and in particular Article 15a (2) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1569/79 of 26 July 1979 on preventive withdrawals of apples and pears (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2647/92 (4), lays down the circumstances under which preventive withdrawals may be authorized;

Whereas, for the 1993/94 marketing year, apple production is estimated at 8 485 700 tonnes; whereas expected surpluses in relation to production of 7 660 00 tonnes amount to 825 700 tonnes; whereas preventive withdrawals may relate to no more than 40 % of this quantity, that is, 330 280 tonnes;

Whereas the quantity should be distributed among the various Member States in proportion to the surpluses anticipated in each one of them in respect of varieties subject to withdrawals;

Whereas the prices communicated in accordance with the provisions of the first subparagraph of Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 have stood on several representative markets of the Community below the basic price;

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

Member States may authorize producer organizations established on their territory to undertake preventive withdrawals of apples during the 1993/94 marketing year.

Article 2

1. Preventive withdrawals may not relate to more than 330 280 tonnes distributed by Member States in the following manner:

Belgium 21 500 tonnes

Denmark 1 000 tonnes

Germany 38 300 tonnes

Greece 11 900 tonnes

France 95 600 tonnes

Ireland 400 tonnes

Italy 93 500 tonnes

Luxembourg 80 tonnes

Netherlands 13 500 tonnes

United Kingdom 8 900 tonnes

Spain 35 700 tonnes

Portugal 9 900 tonnes.

2. Preventive withdrawals may relate only to apples of class II of the varieties referred to in the Annex.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 17 September 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7.

(3) OJ No L 189, 27. 7. 1979, p. 47.

(4) OJ No L 266, 12. 9. 1992, p. 12.

ANNEX

List of varieties of apples which may be the subject of preventive withdrawals Golden Delicious

Imperatore

Red Delicious and mutations

Stark Delicious

Starkcrimson

Black Stayman

Staymanred

Stayman Winesap

Richared

Macintosh Red

Belle de Boskoop

Delicious Pilafa

Granny Smith

Bramley's Seedling

Ingrid Marie

Glocken Apfel

Jonagold and mutations

Bravo de Esmolfe

Casa nova de Alcobaça

Riscadinha

Gola and mutations.