1. 6. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 149/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1521/89 of 1 June 1989 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2240/88 and (EEC) No 2285/88 in respect of the rules for applying the intervention threshold for lemons THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the. European Economic Community, Having regard to:Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (%), and in particular Article 16b (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing, for peaches, lemons and oranges, the rules for applying Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No - 1035/72 on the common. organization of the market in fruit and vegetables(®) establishes an intervention threshold for lemons for the Community as constituted on-31 December 1985; Whereas the said Regulation lays down that if, during a given marketing year, the quantities of lemons bought in exceed the threshold laid down, the basic price and the buying-in price for-the following marketing year are to be reduced ; whereas Article 16b (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 lays down that the Commission is to establish, in good time before the beginning of the period laid down for withdrawals, whether . the threshold has been exceeded ; Whereas the basic and buying-in prices for lemons apply from 1 June to 31 May; whereas withdrawals- may be made throughout that period; Whereas it is necessary to have sufficient time to establish whether the intervention threshold for lemons. has been exceeded and to draw the consequences thereof for the basic and buying-in - prices applicable during the following marketing year ; whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 16b (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, any overrun of the threshold - should consequently be established over a period of 12 consecutive months overlapping with the marketing year ; () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () O] No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12. () OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 9. Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2285/88 of 19 July. 1988 fixing an intervention threshold. for the - 1988/89 marketings year for lemons in ‘Spain (%) follows the criteria’ applied to the Community of Ten -for the purposes of determining the ‘consequences of any overrun - of the- threshold; whereas; therefore, that Regulation should also be amended along the same lines, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 is hereby amended -as follows : 1. the existing text becomes paragraph 1; 2. the following paragraph is added: * ‘2. However, for lemons, any overrun of the intervention threshold shall be established, for a given marketing year, on the basis of the quantities bought in during a consecutive 12 month period overlapping with' the marketing year. Article 2 Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2285/88 is replaced by the following : Article 2 Should the quantities of lemons . offered for intervention in Spain during a consecutive 12 month period -exceed the threshold laid down in Article 1, the institutional prices applying in Spain for the 1989/90 marketing year shall be reduced by 1 % for each 4300 tonnes by which- that threshold is exceeded.’ Article 3 This -Regulation: shall enter into force on the da’y‘: of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. () OJ No L 201, 27. 7. 1988, p. 1.