No L 280/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 10. 88 1 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3140/88 of 12 October 1988 laying down the intervention thresholds for satsumas, clementines and mandarins for 1988/89 : THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty estabhshmg the European Economlc 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2238/88 (3), and in particular Article 16a (5) thereof, Whereas Article 16a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 lays down for satsumas, clementines and mandarins the criteria for fixing the intervention threshold for the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985; whereas it falls to the Commission to fix this intervention threshold by multipling by the percentage specified in Article 2 of the Regulation the average, for the last five years for which statistics are available, of the quantities produced for consumption without processing; 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 intervention thresholds for satsumas, clementines and mandarins for 1988/89 are set out at the following quantities : ‘ — satsumas : 270 tonnes, — clementines : 23 650 tonnes, 148 299 tonnes. — mandarins : Article 2 This Regulatlon shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. ' This Regulatnon shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 October 1988. () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President