20.7. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 208/3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2167/89 of 18 July 1989 fixing an intervention threshold for oranges in Spain for the 1988/89 marketing THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organi- zation of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (3, and in particular Article 16b (2) 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 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1521/89 (*) fixes an intervention threshold for oranges for the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 ; Whereas oranges have been bought in Spain-during the 1988/89 marketing year; whereas an intervention threshold should therefore also be fixed for that product in Spain; Whereas, for the purposes of fixing that threshold and determining the consequences of exceeding the threshold, the criteria used for the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 should be followed, : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ‘ Article 1 1. For the 1988/89 marketing year, an intervention threshold is hereby fixed for oranges in Spain at 15 % of average production to be consumed fresh in the last five marketing years for which data are available. 2. The Commission shall adopt the intervention: threshold provided for in paragraph 1-in accordance with the procedure laid. down in Article 33: of Regulation- (EEC) No 1035/72. “Article 2 Where quantities of oranges offered for intervention in Spain in the 1988/89 marketing year 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 18 100 tonnes by which that threshold is exeeded. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 18 July 1989. () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 12.~ % OJ No L 198,°26. 7. 1988, p. 9. () OJ No L 149, 1. 6. 1989, p. 1. i For the Council The President R. DUMAS