No L 261/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 10. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1971/96 of 14 October 1996 reducing the basic and buying-in prices for oranges, mandarins and clementines for the 1996/97 marketing year as a result of the overrun in the intervention threshold for 1995/96 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 1363/95 (3), and in particular Article 16b (4) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2359/95 () fixes the intervention threshold for oranges at 1 202 000 tonnes, the intervention threshold for mandarins at 36 300 tonnes and the intervention threshold for clemen- tines at 176 800 tonnes for the 1995/96 marketing year; Wherezs, pursuant to Article 16a (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and Article 2 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing, for peaches, lemons and oranges, the rules for applying Article 16b of Regula- tion (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1327/95 (%) respectively, if, in the course of a marketing year, intervention measures adopted for oranges, clementines and mandarins involve quantities exceeding the intervention thresholds fixed for those products and for that marketing year, the basic and buying-in prices fixed for those products for the following marketing year are to be reduced by 1 % for each 37700 tonnes in the case of oranges, 1 % for each 8 100 tonnes in the case of clementines and 1 % for each 3 000 tonnes in the case of mandarins by which the threshold is exceeded; Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3119/93 of 8 November 1993 laying down special measures to encourage the processing of certain citrus fruits (°), the quantities of oranges delivered for processing under that Regulation are to be added to the ) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. ) O No L 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8. ) OJ No L 241, 10. 10. 1995, p. 7. ) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 9. ) O] No L 128, 13. 6. 1995, p. 8. ) O] No L 279, 12. 11. 1993, p. 17. quantities bought in and whereas the quantities of mandarins are to be treated as qualifying under an inter- vention measure with a view to determining any overrun in the intervention threshold for those products; Whereas, according to information supplied by the Member States, intervention measures adopted in the Community in respect of the 1995/96 marketing year related to 1 820 733 tonnes of oranges, 55735 tonnes of mandarins and 200 789 tonnes of clementines; whereas the Commission therefore notes an overrun of 618 733 tonnes in the case of oranges; 19 435 tonnes in the case of mandarins and 72 189 tonnes in the case of clementines; Whereas, in view of the foregoing, the basic and buying-in prices for oranges, mandarins and clementines for the 1996/97 marketing year as fixed by Council Regu- lation (EC) No 1190/96 of 26 June 1996 fixing the basic price and buying-in price applicable in the fruit and vege- tables sector for the 1996/97 marketing year (") must be reduced by 16 % in the case of oranges, 6 % in the case of mandarins and 8 % in the case of clementines; 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 basic and buying-in prices for oranges, clementines and mandarins for the 1996/97 marketing year as fixed by Regulation (EC) No 1190/96 are hereby reduced by 16 % in the case of oranges, 6 % in the case of mandarins and 8 % in the case of clementines and shall be as set out in the Annex. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. () OJ No L 156, 29. 6. 1996, p. 4.