COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3150/91 of 29 October 1991 fixing the intervention thresholds for oranges, mandarins, satsumas and clementines for the 1991/92 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 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 1623/91 (2), and in particular Articles 16a (5) and 16b (4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing, for peaches, lemons and oranges, the rules for applying Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1623/91, and in particular Article 1 (3) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88, the intervention threshold for oranges is to be equal, as from the 1991/92 marketing year, to 10 % of the average production intended to be consumed fresh in the last five marketing years for which data are available; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1123/89 of 27 April 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 with respect to the processing aid scheme and amending the rules for applying the intervention thresholds for certain fruits (4), the threshold for oranges thus calculated must be increased by a quantity equal to the average quantity of oranges in respect of which financial compensation was paid during the 1984/85 to 1988/89 marketing years inclusive, pursuant to abovementioned Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69;

Whereas pursuant to Article 16a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the intervention thresholds for mandarins, satsumas and clementines are to be equal, as from the 1991/92 marketing year, to 10 % of the average production intended to be consumed fresh in the last five marketing years for which data are available; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1123/89, the quantities of mandarins, satsumas and clementines delivered for processing under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 of 18 December 1969 laying down special measures to encourage the processing of mandarins, satsumas, clementines and oranges (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1123/89, are to be treated as production intended to be consumed fresh for the purposes of fixing the intervention thresholds for those products;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 18b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, production harvested up to the end of the 1991/92 marketing year within the territory of the former German Democratic Republic is not to be taken into consideration when the intervention thresholds are determined;

Whereas the intervention thresholds for the products in question should be fixed for the 1991/92 marketing year, in accordance with the abovementioned provisions;

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 thresholds for oranges, mandarins, satsumas and clementines for the 1991/92 marketing year shall be as follows:

- oranges: 1 181 800 tonnes

- mandarins: 35 800 tonnes

- satsumas: 34 500 tonnes

- clementines: 113 900 tonnes.

Article 2

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, 29 October 1991. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 8. (3) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 9. (4) OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 25. (5) OJ No L 324, 27. 12. 1969, p. 21.