Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1596/79 of 26 July 1979 on preventive withdrawals of apples and pears

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1596/79  of 26 July 1979  on preventive withdrawals of apples and pears
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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 1301/79 (2), and in particular Article 15a (2) thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Article 15a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 it may be decided that Member States may authorize producers' organizations to withdraw, during the first months of the marketing year, a proportion of the apples and pears of minimum quality standard if the prices referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 remain between the buying in price and 80 % of the basic price for a period to be determined and if the market situation and particularly the size of the crop threatens a collapse of prices and subsequent heavy withdrawals of one or both of the products concerned;
Whereas preventive withdrawals should not be authorized unless the crop is expected to exceed a size to be fixed in the light of what the market can absorb;
Whereas the period referred to above must be such that preventive withdrawals are not set off by casual price falls and that withdrawals are not authorized too late;
Whereas preventive withdrawals must not exceed what is necessary to normalize supply;
Whereas such withdrawals should be applied primarily to produce of which there is most often a surplus and which by its nature is least likely to find a normal outlet;
Whereas, so that arrangements may be made for produce thus withdrawn to be put to one of the uses referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organizations should inform the Member States in advance of the quantities and kinds of produce with are to be the subject of preventive withdrawals;
Whereas a uniform withdrawal price should be fixed and applied irrespective of the time when the produce withdrawn from the market is actually dispatched for alternative use;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,