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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3321/89

of 3 November 1989

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2836/89 as regards preventive withdrawals of apples for the 1989/90 marketing year

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 1119/89 (2), and in particular Article 15a (2) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2836/89 (3) allocated the quantity of apples which may be subject to preventive withdrawals amongst the Member States; whereas the information available indicates that the quantities likely to be withdrawn by producer groups in some Member States exceed the total quantities alloted to them and that the reverse is true in other Member States; whereas in order to facilitate these preventive withdrawals as far as possible, the allocation of the total quantity amongst the Member States should be altered;

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

Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2836/89 is hereby replaced by the following:

'Article 2

1. Preventive withdrawals may not relate to more than 250 000 tonnes allocated by Member State in the following manner:

tonnes

Belgium 8 700

Denmark 600

Germany 15 000

Greece 23 400

France 87 200

Ireland 500

Italy 93 000

Luxembourg 100

Netherlands 8 000

United Kingdom 13 500

2. Preventive withdrawals may relate only to apples of class II of the varieties listed in the Annex.'

Article 2

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, 3 November 1989.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.

(3) OJ No L 273, 22. 9. 1989, p. 16.