PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING AN INTERVENTION THRESHOLD FOR ORANGES IN SPAIN FOR THE 1988/89 MARKETING YEAR
Date: 1989-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, citrus fruit, guarantee threshold, marketing year

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0MC89) 168 final 

Brussels, 19 April  1989 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

fixing  an  intervention  threshold  for oranges  in Spain for 

the 1988/89 marketing  year 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Artic'e  I6b(1) of Regulation  (EEC) No 1035/72 on  the common organization of 
the market  In fruit  and vegetables  Introduces a system of  stabilizers  in 
the  form of  Intervention  thresholds  In excess of which  financial  liability 
is to be borne by producers  for products subject  to the  intervention 
arrangements. 

For  Spain, during  the verification  of convergence  phase  referred  to in 
Article  131 of  the Act  of Accession, where a threshold  is fixed  for a given 
product  in the Community  as constituted  at  31 December  1985 and  that 
product  is bought  in  In Spain, the Council  is to fix  for Spain an 
intervention  threshold  in excess of which  liability  is to be borne by  the 
producers. 

An  intervention  threshold  has been  fixed  for oranges  for  the Community  as 
constituted  at  31 December  1985 by Regulation  (EEC) No 2240/88<1). 

As oranges  have been withdrawn  In Spain during  the  1988/89 marketing year, 
the aim of  this proposal  for a Regulation  Is to fix  an  intervention 
threshold  for  that  product  In Spain.  The same criteria  haye been used  to 
fix  that  threshold  as for  those  for  the Community  of Ten. 

(1) OJ  No L 198, 26.7.1988, p. 9. 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

fixing  an  intervention  threshold  for oranges  in Spain  for  the 1988/89 
market ing year 

THE COUNCIL 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 789/89-(2)t  a nd  In particular  Article 

No I6b(2) thereof, 

Having  regard  to the proposal  from  the Commission, 

Whereas Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 2240/88 of  19 July  1988  laying down, 

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) fixes an  intervention  threshold  for oranges for 

the Community  as constituted at 31 December  1985; 

Whereas oranges have been bought  in  In Spain during  the 1988/1989 marketing 

year; whereas an  intervention  threshold  shouid  therefore  also be fixed for 

that  product  in Spain; 

(1) OJ  No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1. 
(2) OJ  No L  85, 3D.3.1989, p. 3. 
(3) OJ  No L 198, 26.7.1988, p. 9. 

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Whereas,  for  the  purposes  of  fixing  that  threshold  and  determining  the 

consequences  of  exceeding  the  threshold, the  criteria  used  for  the  Community 

as  constituted  at  31  December  1985  should  be  followed, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

For  the  1988/89 

marketing  year,  an  intervention  threshold  is  hereby 

fixed  for  oranges  in Spain  at  15% of  average  production  to  be  consumed 

fresh  in  the  last  five  marketing  years  for  which  data  are  available. 

The  Commission  shall  adopt  the  intervention  threshold  provided  for  In 

paragraph  1  in accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in Article  33 of 

Regulation  (EEC) No  1035/72. 

Article  2 

Where  quantities of  oranges  offered  for  intervention  in Spain  in  the 

1988/89  marketing  year  exceed  the  threshold  laid  down  In Article  1,  the 

institutional  prices  applying  In Spain  for  the  1989/1990  marketing  year 

shall  be  reduced  by  1%  for  each  18  100  tonnes  by  which  that  threshold  Is 

exceeded. 

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Article  3 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  Into  force  on  the  third  day  following  that of its 

publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities. 

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in 

a I I Member  States. 

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

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F  I N A NC  I AL 

S T A T E M E NT 

Date :  14 February 1989 

1. BUDGET HEADING : 1501 

APPROPRIATIONS : ECU 445 m 

2. TITLE : Draft proposal for a Council Regulation fixing an  intervention threshold for oranges 

in Spain for the 1988/89 marketing year 

3. LEGAL BASIS : Article 43 of the EEC Treaty, Article 133(3) of the Act of Accession 

4. AIMS OF PROJECT : To reduce expenditure on withdrawals during the fol lowing marketing year where it 

Is ascertained that the threshold fixed for the 1988/89 marketing year has been 
exceeded 

5.  FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: 

Period of 12 months 

Current Financial Year 
1969 

Following Financial Year 
1990 

p.m. 
(1) 

(1) 

5.0 Expenditure 

- Charged to the EC budget 
- (Refunds/Intervent ion) 
- National Acmlnlstratlon 
-Other 

5.1 Revenue 

5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION: 

6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIAT IONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 
YES/NO 

6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? 

6.2  IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY? 

6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? 

YES/ND 

YES/ND 

YES/ND 

OBSERVATIONS: (1) It Is assured that withdrawals will not exceed the threshold. 

In addition, during the convergence period, the ComTunity  Is to contribute to the financing of 
intervention operations by recognized producer organizations In Spain In respect only of 
the rate of cover provided for  In Article 133(3) of the Act of Accession 

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COM(89)  168  final 

Proposal for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) 

fixing  an  intervention  threshold  for  oranges  in  Spain  for  the  1988/89 
marketing year 

(submitted to the Council by the  Commission) 

19.4.1989 

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COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

fixing  an  intervention  threshold  for  oranges  in 
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(submitted to  the  Council  by the  Commission) 

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