No L 314/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 12. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3435/93 of 15 December 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2563/93 as regards preventive withdrawals of apples for the 1993/94 marketing year 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 (EEC) No 638/93 (3, and in particular Article 15a (2) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2563/93 () allocated the quantity of apples which may be subject to preventive withdrawals amongst the Member States for the 1993/94 marketing year; whereas the information available indicates that the quantities likely to be with- drawn by producer groups in some Member States exceed the total quantities allocated to them and that the reverse is true in other Member States ; whereas in order to facili- tate these preventive withdrawals as far as possible, the allocation of the total quantity amongst the Mémber States should be altered ; Whereas to ensure the continuity of the preventive with- drawals, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Communities; 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 Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2563/93 is hereby replaced by the following : “1..  Preventive withdrawals may not relate to more than 330 280 tonnes allocated by Member State in the following manner: Belgium 34450 tonnes Denmark — Germany 8 300 tonnes Greece "19 100 tonnes France 153 040 tonnes Ireland 250 tonnes Italy 80 000 tonnes Luxembourg — Netherlands 21 640 tonnes United Kingdom 7 800 tonnes Spain 200 tonnes ' Portugal 5500 tonnes.’ Article 2 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 States. Done at Brussels, 15 December 1993. () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () OJ No'L 69, 20. 3. 1993, p. 7. () OJ No L 235, 18. 9. 1993, p. 20. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission