COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1515/96 of 29 July 1996 reducing the basic price and the buying-in price for apples for the 1996/97 marketing year as a result of the overrun of the intervention threshold for the 1995/96 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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 16b (4) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1900/94 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1821/95 (4), fixes the intervention threshold for apples for the 1995/96 marketing year at 281 700 tonnes; whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1121/89 of 27 April 1989 on the introduction of an intervention threshold for apples and cauliflowers (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1327/95 (6), if, in the course of the marketing year, intervention measures adopted for apples involve quantities exceeding the intervention threshold fixed for that product and for that marketing year, the basic price and the buying-in price fixed for that product for that product for the following marketing year are reduced by 1 % for each 86 500 tonnes by which the threshold is exceeded;
Whereas, according to the information supplied by the Member States, intervention measures adopted in the Community in respect of the 1995/96 marketing year related to 609 512 tonnes; whereas the Commission therefore notes an overrun of the intervention threshold fixed for that marketing year of 327 812 tonnes;
Whereas, in view of the foregoing, the basic price and the buying-in price for apples fixed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1542/95 (7) must be reduced by 3 %;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The basic price and the buying-in price for apples for the 1996/97 marketing year fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1542/95 are hereby reduced by 3 % and shall be as laid out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 July 1996.