Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/98 of 26 May 1998 fixing the intervention thresholds for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons and table grapes for the 1998/99 marketing year
Date: 1998-05-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, grape, leaf vegetable, market intervention, stone fruit

27. 5. 98

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1068/98

of 26 May 1998

fixing the intervention thresholds for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons
and table grapes for the 1998/99 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
market in fruit and vegetables (1) as amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2), and in particular
Article 27(1) and (2) thereof,

Whereas the first paragraph of Article 27 of Regulation
(EC) No 2200/96 provides for an intervention threshold
to be fixed if the market in a product listed in Annex II is
suffering or at risk of suffering from widespread structural
imbalances giving or liable to give rise to too large a
such a development
volume of withdrawals; whereas
might cause budget problems for the Community;

The following intervention thresholds are fixed for the
1998/99 marketing year:

— cauliflowers:

— peaches:

— nectarines:

— table grapes:

— lemons:

111 300 tonnes,

260 800 tonnes,

81 600 tonnes,

158 700 tonnes,

58 500 tonnes.

Article 2

The overrun of the intervention threshold for the above
products shall be assessed on the basis of the withdrawals
carried out in the following periods:

— for cauliflowers:

Whereas the conditions laid down in the abovementioned
Article 27 have been met for certain products; whereas
intervention thresholds for cauliflowers, peaches, necta-
rines, table grapes and lemons should therefore be fixed;

between 1 March 1998 and 28 February 1999,

— for peaches and nectarines:

between 1 March 1998 and 28 February 1999,

Wheres this intervention threshold for each of
those
products should be fixed on the basis of a percentage of
th average production intended for consumption in the
natural state over the last five marketing years for which
data are available; whereas the period to be taken into
account
the intervention
threshold must also be established for each products in
question;

for assessing the overrun of

Whereas pursuant to the abovementioned Article 27, an
overrun of the intervention threshold gives rise to reduc-
tion in the Community withdrawal compensation in the
marketing year following the overrun; whereas the impli-
cations of this overrun for each of the products in ques-
tion should be determined and a reduction proportional
to the size of the overrun should be fixed, up to a certain
percentage;

— for table grapes:

between 1 March 1998 and 28 February 1999,

— for lemons:

between 1 April 1998 and 31 March 1999.

Article 3

the quantity subject

to withdrawals of one of

the
If
products listed in Article 1 in the period laid down in
Article 2 exceeds the threshold fixed in Article 1, the
Community withdrawal compensation fixed pursuant to
Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 shall be
reduced in the following marketing year in proportion to
the size of the overrun based on the production used to
calculate the threshold in question.

The Community withdrawal compensation shall not,
however, be reduced by more than 30 %.

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

Article 4

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 17. 12. 1997, p. 41.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 26 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission