No L 273/16 Official” Journal of the European Communities 22. 9. 89 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2836/89 of 21 September 1989 enabling Member States to authorize preventive withdrawals of apples THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Tréaty 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 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1119/89 (3, and in particular Article 152 (2) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1596/79. of 26 July 1979 on preventive withdrawals of apples and pears (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2935/88 (*), lays down the circumstances under which preventive withdrawals may be authorized ; Whereas, for the 1989/90 marketing year, apple production is estimated at 6 826 000 tonnes; whereas expected surpluses in relation to production of 6 200 000 tonnes amount to 626 000 tonnes; whereas preventive - withdrawals may relate to no more than 40 % of- this quantity, that is, 250 000 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 the prices communicated in accordance with the provisions of the first subparagraph of -Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No .1035/72 have stood on -several representative markets of the Community below the basic price ; States. Done at Brussels, 21 September 1989. () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. ()-0J No L7118, 29. 4.-1989, p. 12. () OJ No L 189, 27. 7. 1979, p. 47. () OF No L 264, 24. 9. 1988, p. 41. 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 1989/90 marketing year. Article 2 1.  Preventive withdrawals may not relate to more than 250000 tonnes distributed by Member States in the following manner : Belgium 9200 tonnes Denmark . 600 tonnes Germany 14 400 tonnes Greece 13 400 tonnes France 95900 tonnes Ireland 500 tonnes Italy 101 400 tonnes Luxembourg 100 tonnes Netherlands 8 000 tonnes United Kingdom 6 500 -tonnes 2. Preventive withdrawals may relate only to apples of class I 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 For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission