Commission Regulation (EC) No 1017/1999 of 17 May 1999 reducing the Community withdrawal compensation for cauliflowers for the 1999/2000 marketing year as a result of the overrun of the intervention threshold fixed for the 1998/99 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1017/1999
of 17 May 1999
reducing the Community withdrawal compensation for cauliflowers for the 1999/2000 marketing year as a result of the overrun of the intervention threshold fixed for the 1998/99 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 Regulation (EC) No 857/99(2), and in particular Article 27(2) thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/98(3) fixes at 111300 tonnes the intervention threshold for cauliflowers for the 1998/1999 marketing year; whereas under Article 3 of that Regulation, if the quantity of cauliflowers withdrawn in the period between 1 March 1998 and 28 February 1999 exceeds the threshold fixed, the Community withdrawal compensation indicated in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the 1999/2000 marketing year is to be reduced in proportion to the size of the overrun based on the production used to calculate the relevant threshold;
(2) Whereas the information supplied by the Member States indicates that withdrawals for the 1998/1999 marketing year involved 120064 tonnes of cauliflowers;
(3) Whereas, as a result of the above, the Community withdrawal compensation set by Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the 1999/2000 marketing year must be reduced by 0,4 % for cauliflowers;
(4) Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1068/98 lays down that the consequences of the threshold overrun are to apply in the following marketing year; whereas it is therefore necessary to apply the reduced Community withdrawal compensation during the marketing year for cauliflower;
(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,