Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/1999 of 27 May 1999 fixing the intervention thresholds for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines and table grapes for the 1999/2000 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1097/1999
of 27 May 1999
fixing the intervention thresholds for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines and table grapes 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 857/1999(2), and in particular Article 27(1) and (2) thereof,
(1) 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 volume of withdrawals; whereas such a development might cause budget problems for the Community;
(2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1068/98(3) fixed an intervention threshold for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines and table grapes for the 1998/99 marketing year; whereas the conditions laid down in the abovementioned Article 27 have been met for certain products; whereas intervention thresholds for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines and table grapes should therefore be fixed;
(3) Whereas this intervention threshold for each of those products should be fixed on the basis of a percentage of the 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 for assessing the overrun of the intervention threshold must also be established for each product in question;
(4) Whereas, pursuant to the abovementioned Article 27, an overrun of the intervention threshold gives rise to a reduction in the Community withdrawal compensation in the marketing year following the overrun; whereas the implications of this overrun for each of the products in question should be determined and a reduction proportional to the size of the overrun should be fixed, up to a certain percentage;
(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,