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►B COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No1332/92
of18May1992
introducingspecific measuresfortableolives
(OJ L 145, 27.5.1992, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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►M1Commission Regulation (EEC) No 587/93 of 12 March 1993 L 61 41 13.3.1993
►M2Council Regulation (EC) No 1267/95 of 29 May 1995 L 123 4 3.6.1995
►M3Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 of 19 December 2000 L 328 2 23.12.2000
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COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No1332/92
of18May1992
introducingspecific measuresfortableolives
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposals from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas the production of table olives is a major economic activity,
especially in certain Mediterranean regions of the Community;
Whereas the situation on the market for table olives is poorly adjusted
to commercial requirements with regard to both the conditions ofproduction and the conditions of processing and marketing;
Whereas that situation has given rise to an imbalance between supply
and demand, resulting in the formation of surpluses in recent years;
Whereas there are prospects of increasing consumption, particularly
through better information to existing or potential users and a more
stringent adjustment of production to meet the requirements of consu-mers;
Whereas the various trade groups in the sector should play a special
role in implementing means of developing consumption;
Whereas provision should be made for specific measures to increase
the consumption of table olives to be encouraged by means of a finan-
cial contribution by the Community to these measures;
Whereas, in order to permit producer groups or associations thereof
which produce and market table olives to concentrate supply and tostagger quantities released to the market by means in particular ofsuitable storage capacity, such groups or associations should be encour-aged, to set up working capital; whereas, to that end, provision should
be made for financial contributions from the Member State and the
Community, with a ceiling determined by reference to the value ofproduction marketed by the producer groups and associations thereofover a given marketing year;
Whereas, in view of the situation obtaining in producer Member States,
cooperatives and associations thereof should be allowed to qualify for
that aid for a limited period;
Whereas such measures are intended to achieve the objectives of
Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas there should be provision for theCommunity to make a financial contribution to the implementation ofthe measures in question through the European Agricultural Guidanceand Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 3
1. Member States shall grant specific aid to groups or associations
thereof of producers of table olives falling within CN codes
0709 90 31, 0709 9039, 0710 8010, 071120, ex 0712 9090,
►M1ex 2001 90 65 ◄, ex 2004 90 30 and 2005 7000 which fulfil
the conditions set out in Articles 5 and 6 (1) and (2) of Regulation1992R1332 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 213, 28. 8. 1990, p. 14 and OJ No C 162, 21. 6. 1991, p. 6.
(2) OJ No C 67, 16. 3. 1992.▼M3
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(EEC) No 1360/78(1) and which constitute working capital with the
objective of stabilizing supply by ensuring in particular the financingof storage required for the suitable release to the market of the product.
2. The specific aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted once
only, subject to the capital being financed as follows:
— 45 % by the producer group or association thereof,
— 10 % by aid from the Member State.
The Community contribution shall amount to 45 % of the capital.
However, the overall financial commitment of the Member State andthe Community may not exceed 10 % of the value of productionmarketed by the producer group or association thereof in one marketing
year.
3. For purposes of the granting of the aid referred to in paragraph 1,
the cooperatives and associations thereof set up in accordance with thelegislation in force in the sector concerned shall be considered, for amaximum period of ►
M2four years ◄, as being equivalent to the
producer groups or associations thereof referred to in paragraph 1. In
that event, the cooperatives or associations thereof shall institute a
guarantee to ensure repayment of the aid received, should the obliga-tions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 not be fulfilled.
Article 4
The part-financing of the measures referred to in Article 1 and the aid
provided for in Article 3 shall be regarded as intervention measuresintended to stabilize the agricultural markets pursuant to Article 3 (1)of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70(
2). They shall be financed
from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF), Guarantee Section.
Article 5
In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 38 of Regula-
tion No 136/66/EEC(3), the Commission shall:
(a) define the measures provided for in Article 2 of this Regulation;
(b) adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation; such
detailed rules shall entail measures to monitor the use of the finan-cial aid from the Community.
Article 6
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.1992R1332 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 003.001 — 3
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 of 19 June 1978 on producer groups
and associations thereof (OJ No L 166, 23. 6. 1978, p. 1). Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 (OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p.
1)
(2) Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of
the common agricultural policy (OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13). Regulation
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (OJ No L 185, 15. 7.1988, p. 1)
(
3) Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establish-
ment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats (OJ No 172,
3. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 356/92 (OJ No L 39, 15. 2. 1992, p. 1)