Commission Regulation (EC) No 1541/1999 of 14 July 1999 setting the intervention threshold for apples for the 1999/2000 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1541/1999
of 14 July 1999
setting the intervention threshold for apples for the 1999/2000 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 27(1) and (2) thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides for the possibility of setting an intervention threshold if the market in a product listed in Annex II thereto is suffering or at risk of suffering from widespread structural imbalances giving or liable to give rise to too large a volume of withdrawals; whereas such a development would be likely to cause budget problems for the Community;
(2) Whereas an intervention threshold was set for apples for the 1998/99 marketing year in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/98(3); whereas, since the conditions laid down in the abovementioned Article 27 continue to be met for that product, a new threshold should be set for the 1999/2000 marketing year on the basis of a percentage of the average quantity of produce intended for consumption fresh of the last five marketing years for which data are available; whereas the period to be taken into account for the assessment of the overrun of the threshold should also be determined;
(3) Whereas, pursuant to the abovementioned Article 27, an overrun of the intervention threshold results in a reduction in the Community withdrawal compensation in the marketing year following the year in which the threshold is exceeded; whereas the consequences of such an overrun should be determined and a reduction in proportion to the size of the overrun set, but restricted to a certain percentage;
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for fresh Fruit and Vegetables,