L 151/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.5.98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1056/98 of 20 May 1998 reducing the Community withdrawal compensation for cauliflowers for the 1998/ 99 marketing year as a result of the overrun of the intervention threshold fixed for the 1997/98 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (%), and in particular Article 27(2) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1109/97 (%) fixes at 111 300 tonnes the intervention threshold for cauliflowers for the 1997/98 marketing year; whereas under Article 3 of that Regulation, if the quantity of cauliflowers withdrawn in the period between 1 March 1997 and 28 February 1998 exceeds the threshold set, the Community withdrawal compensation indicated in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the 1998/99 marketing year will be reduced in proportion to the size of the overrun based on the production used to calculate the relevant threshold; Whereas the information supplied by the Member States indicates that the withdrawals for the 1997/98 marketing year involved 118 909 tonnes of cauliflowers; Whereas, as a result of the above, the Community with- drawal compensation set by Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 for the 1998/99 marketing year must be reduced by 0,34 % for cauliflowers; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1109/97 lays down that the consequences of the threshold overrun are to apply in the following marketing year; whereas it is therefore necessary to apply the reduced Community withdrawal compensation from 1 May 1998, the date on which the marketing year for cauliflowers begins; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Community withdrawal compensation for cauli- flowers for the 1998/99 marketing year is hereby fixed at ECU 8,85 per 100 kilograms net. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 May 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 May 1998. () OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 1. () O] L 346, 17. 12. 1997, p. 41. () OJ L 162, 18. 6. 1997, p. 12. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission