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( 1 ) OJ NO L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 140 , 5 . 6 . 1980 , P . 24 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 189 , 27 . 7 . 1979 , P . 47 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 198 , 31 . 7 . 1980 , P . 21 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2609/80

OF 10 OCTOBER 1980

ENABLING MEMBER STATES TO AUTHORIZE PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWALS OF APPLES

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC 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 REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1367/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 15A THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1596/79 OF 26 JULY 1979 ON PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWALS OF APPLES AND PEARS ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2030/80 ( 4 ), LAYS DOWN THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWALS MAY BE AUTHORIZED ;

WHEREAS , FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR , APPLE PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT 6 996 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS EXPECTED SURPLUSES IN RELATION TO PRODUCTION OF 6 200 000 TONNES AMOUNT TO 796 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWALS MAY RELATE TO NO MORE THAN 40 % OF THIS QUANTITY , THAT IS , 318 400 TONNES ;

WHEREAS THIS QUANTITY SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES IN PROPORTION TO THE SURPLUSES ANTICIPATED IN EACH ONE OF THEM IN RESPECT OF VARIETIES SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWALS ;

WHEREAS , DURING THE PERIOD FROM 26 SEPTEMBER TO 2 OCTOBER 1980 THE PRICES COMMUNICATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 17 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 FLUCTUATED ON THE ST TRUIDEN REPRESENTATIVE MARKET BETWEEN 13.70 ECU AND 16.07 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS ; WHEREAS THESE PRICES HAVE THEREFORE STOOD , FOR FIVE SUCCESSIVE MARKET DAYS , BETWEEN THE BUYING-IN PRICE AND 80 % OF THE BASIC PRICE ;

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

MEMBER STATES MAY AUTHORIZE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS ESTABLISHED ON THEIR TERRITORY TO UNDERTAKE PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWALS OF APPLES DURING THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR .

ARTICLE 2

1 . PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWALS MAY NOT RELATE TO MORE THAN 318 400 TONNES DISTRIBUTED BY MEMBER STATES IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER :

BELGIUM20 600 TONNES DENMARK1 847 TONNES GERMANY23 116 TONNES FRANCE110 166 TONNES IRELAND255 TONNES ITALY132 200 TONNES LUXEMBOURG159 TONNES NETHERLANDS28 688 TONNES UNITED KINGDOM1 369 TONNES . 2 . PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWALS MAY RELATE ONLY TO APPLES OF CLASS II OF THE VARIETIES REFERRED TO IN THE ANNEX .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 10 OCTOBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

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ANNEX

LIST OF VARIETIES OF APPLES WHICH MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWALS

GOLDEN DELICIOUS

IMPERATORE

RED DELICIOUS AND MUTATIONS

STARK DELICIOUS

STARKCRIMSON

BLACK STAYMAN

STAYMANRED

STAYMAN WINESAP

RICHARED

MACINTOSH RED

BELLE DE BOSKOOP