No C 49/76 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 2. 90 
Proposal for a ^ 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . . 
of . . . 
laying down specific measures for the application of certain intervention thresholds in the fruit 
and vegetables sector for the 1990/91 marketing year 
(90/C 49/49) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, 
and in particular Article 234 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas Articles 16 (3a), 16a and 16b of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the 
market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No . . . (2), introduce mechanisms for 
intervention thresholds; whereas, as regards Portugal, the 
switchover to the second stage of accession in the fruit and 
vegetables sector takes place on 1 January 1991, i.e. during 
the 1990/91 marketing years for many products in the sector 
in question; whereas specific detailes rules should therefore 
be adopted for the application of the abovementioned 
mechanisms; 
Whereas such specific detailed rules consist in fixing 
thresholds for the Community with the exception of Portugal 
on the one hand and for Portugal on the other hand until 31 
December 1990, and then thresholds for the Community as a 
whole for the period from 1 January 1991 to the end of the 
marketing years of the products in question; 
Whereas those thresholds should be fixed in accordance with 
the calculation methods already introduced, as the case may 
be, by Article 16a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 (3) or by Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 1121 / 89 (4) on the introduction of an 
intervention threshold for apples and cauliflowers; 
Whereas, to assess any overrun in the abovementioned 
thresholds, the latter should be added to the quantities 
bought in in view of the incorporation of the Portuguese 
market from 1 January 1991, 
(J) OJNoL 118,20. 5. 1972, p. 1. 
(2) See page . . of this Official Journal. 
(3) OJNoL 198,26.7. 1988, p. 9. 
(4) OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 21. Article 1 
For the 1990/91 marketing year and for each product listed 
in Article 2, the following shall be fixed: 
1. for the period from the beginning of the 1990/91 
marketing year to 31 December 1990, 
— a threshold for the Community with the exception of 
Portugal, 
— a threshold for Portugal; 
2. for the period from 1 January 1991 to the end of the 
1990/91 marketing year, a threshold for the 
Community. 
Article 2 
1. As regards the following products, the thresholds 
provided for in Article 1 shall be fixed in accordance with the 
methods of calculation laid down: 
— for satsumas, Clementines, mandarins and nectarines, in 
Article 16a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, 
— for peaches, oranges and lemons, in Article 1 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88, 
— for apples, in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1121/89, 
— for cauliflowers, in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1121/89. 
2. As regards tomatoes, the thresholds provided for in 
Article 1 shall be: 
— for the Community with the exception of Portugal, 
574 500 tonnes, 
— for Portugal, 10 % of the average production intended to 
be consumed fresh in the last five marketing years for 
which data are available. 
Article 3 
Where the sum of the quantities of one of the products 
referred to in Article 2 bought in in Portugal on the one hand 
and in the Community with the exception of Portugal on the 
other hand pursuant to Articles 15, 15a, 15b, 19 and 19a 
of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 during the 1990/91 
marketing year exceeds the sum of the intervention 
thresholds fixed for that product, for all or part of that 
marketing year, the basic and buying-in prices fixed for that 
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product for the 1991/92 marketing year shall be reduced by 
1 % for every: 
— 3 100 tonnes for satsumas, 
— 8 100 tonnes for Clementines, 
— 3 000 tonnes for mandarins, 
— 3 000 tonnes for nectarines, 
— 23 000 tonnes for peaches, 
— 37 700 tonnes for oranges, 
— 11 200 tonnes for lemons, 
— 79 600 tonnes for apples, 
— 18 700 tonnes for cauliflowers, 
— 30 800 tonnes for tomatoes, 
by which the intervention threshold is exceeded. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, . . . 
For the Council Article 4 
The provisions for applying this Regulation and in particular 
the thresholds shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure provided for in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1035/72. 
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities.