COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1327/95 of 29 May 1995 amending  Regulations (EEC) No 1035/72, (EEC) No 2240/88 and (EEC) No 1121/89 as regards the intervention  threshold mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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), and in particular Article 16b (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission  (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament  (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee  (4),
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 16 (3a), 16a and 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, intervention  thresholds have been introduced for tomatoes, peaches, apples and cauliflowers;
Whereas this intervention threshold mechanism will apply throughout the Community from 1 January  1995, the date of accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; whereas the intervention threshold and  the step for overruns of tomatoes fixed by Article 16 (3a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the step  for overruns of apples and cauliflowers fixed respectively 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  (5) and the step for overruns of peaches fixed by Article 2 of Council  Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing, for peaches, lemons and oranges the rules of  applying Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72  (6) must all be adjusted to the new  conditions,
The first subparagraph of Article 16 (3a) of Regulation (EEC) No  1035/72 shall be replaced by the following:
'3a.  Where, in the case of tomatoes, the quantities which have been the subject of intervention  measures pursuant to Articles 15 and 19a in the course of a given marketing year exceed 607  200  tonnes, the basic and buying-in prices fixed for the following marketing year in respect of this  product in accordance with the criteria laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be reduced by 1  %  for every 31  600 tonnes in excess of that quantity. The application of this provision may not,  however, result in a reduction of more than 20  % in those prices.`
The first indent of Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 shall be replaced by  the following:
'-  23  000 tonnes, and 23  100 tonnes from the 1995/96 marketing year, in the case of peaches.`
Regulation (EEC) No 1121/89 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  The following sentence shall be added to Article 1 (3):
'This figure shall be increased to 85  800 tonnes for the 1994/95 marketing year and to 86  500  tonnes from the 1995/96 marketing year.`;
2.  The following sentence shall be added to Article 2 (3):
'This figure shall be increased to 20  200 tonnes from the 1995/96 marketing year.`
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in  the Official Journal of the European Communities.
of this Regulation shall apply from the 1995/96 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.