Council Regulation (EEC) No 1623/91 of 13 June 1991 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1035/72, (EEC) No 2240/88 and (EEC) No 1121/89 as regards the intervention thresholds mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1623/91 of 13 June 1991 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1035/72, (EEC) No 2240/88 and (EEC) No 1121/89 as regards the intervention thresholds mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
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 3920/90 (2), and in particular Article 16b (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),
Whereas Articles 16 (3a), 16a and 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 introduce intervention thresholds for tomatoes, satsumas, clementines, mandarins and nectarines and for peaches, lemons, oranges, apples and cauliflowers;
Whereas specific measures for the application of the intervention thresholds during the 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketing years were laid down by Regulations (EEC) No 1122/89 (6) and (EEC) No 1197/90 (7) to take account, firstly, of the commencement of the  second phase of the accession of Spain on 1 January 1990 and, secondly, of the commencement of the second stage of the accession of Portugal on 1 January 1991;
Whereas from 1 January 1991, which is the date of commencement of the second stage of the accession of Portugal, the intervention thresholds mechanism applies to the whole of the Community; whereas steps should be taken to adapt to this new situation,  firstly, the intervention threshold and the system of price reductions for overruns fixed for tomatoes by Article 16 (3a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and, secondly, the system of price reductions for overruns fixed for the other products by Article  16a of that Regulation, by Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2240/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing, for peaches, lemons and oranges, the rules for applying Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1521/89 (9), and  by Articles 1 and 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1121/89 of 27 April 1989 on the introduction of an intervention threshold for apples and cauliflowers (10); whereas for tomatoes, an intervention threshold should be fixed at the level fixed by  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1388/90 of 23 May 1990 fixing the intervention threshold for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes and apples for the 1990/91 marketing year (11) and, as regards the system of price reductions for overruns,  at the levels fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1197/90,