COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2360/95 of 9  October 1995 reducing the basic and buying-in prices for oranges and mandarins for the 1995/96  marketing year as a result of the overrun in the intervention threshold for 1994/95
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95   (2), and in particular Article 16 b (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2431/94  (3) fixed the intervention threshold for oranges,  mandarins, satsumas and clementines for the 1994/95 marketing year at 1  179  900 tonnes for  oranges and at 36  300 tonnes for mandarins;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and Article 2 (1) of Council  Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing, for peaches, lemons and oranges, the rules for  applying Article 16 b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in  fruit and vegetables  (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1327/95  (5) respectively, if, in  the course of a marketing year, intervention measures adopted for oranges and mandarins involve  quantities exceeding the intervention thresholds fixed for those products and for that marketing  year, the basic and buying-in prices fixed for those products for the following marketing year are  to be reduced by 1  % for each 37  700 tonnes in the case of oranges and by 1  % for each 3  000  tonnes in the case of mandarins by which the threshold is exceeded;
Whereas pursuant to Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3119/93 of 8 November 1993 laying down  special measures to encourage the processing of certain citrus fruits  (6), the quantities of  oranges delivered for processing under that Regulation are to be added to the quantities bought in  and whereas the quantities of mandarins are to be treated as qualifying under an intervention  measure with a view to determining any overrun in the intervention threshold for those products;
Whereas, according to information supplied by the Member States, intervention measures adopted in  the Community in respect of the 1994/95 marketing year related to 1  553  252 tonnes of oranges and  45  151 tonnes of mandarins; whereas the Commission therefore notes an overrun of 373  352 tonnes  in the case of oranges and 8  851 tonnes in the case of mandarins;
Whereas, in view of the foregoing, the basic and buying-in prices for the 1995/96 marketing year as  fixed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1542/95 of 29 June 1995 fixing the basic price and buying-in  price applicable in the fruit and vegetables sector for the 1995/96 marketing year  (7) must be  reduced by 3  % in the case of oranges and 18  % in the case of mandarins;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The basic and buying-in prices for oranges and mandarins for the  1995/96 marketing year as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1542/95 are hereby reduced by 9  % in the  case of oranges and 2  % in the case of mandarins and shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in  the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.