1982R1413 — EN — 18.10.1983 — 002.001

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amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1413/82

of 18 May 1982

amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats

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 proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 1 ),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( 2 ),

Whereas Article 4 (3) and Article 22 (3) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC ( 3 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3454/80 ( 4 ), fixed the dates for the beginning and the end of the marketing years for olive oil, and for colza and rape seed and sunflower seed respectively;

Whereas, in certain cases, it may prove necessary to alter the dates in question at relatively short notice; whereas, therefore, the appropriate procedure for such alterations should be laid down;

Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC introduced a system of production aid for olive oil produced in the Community; whereas this aid, which depends on the quantity of oil actually produced, is granted to olive growers who are members of a producer group belonging to an association recognized pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 ( 5 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3086/81 ( 6 ), and Regulation No 136/66/EEC, and to individual olive growers who submit to checks by such an association;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2989/81 ( 7 ) deferred application of the abovementioned system until the beginning of the 1982/83 marketing year and maintained in force, for the current marketing year, the temporary measures which applied to olive-oil producer organizations during the three preceding marketing years;

Whereas, in view of the problems of implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 in certain Member States, it is to be feared that the system provided for in that Regulation will not be applied in the near future; whereas, moreover, a system based on the action of the associations does not seem well suited to the special structure of olive-oil production in Greece;

Whereas the aid system cannot be effectively managed on the basis of the temporary measures currently applied to producer organizations;

Whereas, this being the case, a specific system should be introduced, as from the 1982/83 marketing year and as a permanent arrangement, based on olive grower groups or associations thereof, which would be responsible for carrying out certain operations relating to the implementation of the aid system;

Whereas, since the associations are to make more rigorous checks on the production of growers who are members of the groups belonging to such associations, the latter should be paid the advance on the amount of the aid;

Whereas, in addition, Article 22 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides for the fixing of a target price and an intervention price for oilseeds;

Whereas the trend in the production of colza and rape seed has given rise to certain marketing difficulties and has placed a heavy burden on the Community budget; whereas, unless fresh measures are taken, this trend will certainly become more pronounced; whereas steps should also be taken to avoid the undesirable consequences for this sector which might result from the measures to limit the Community production for competing agricultural products; whereas the fixing of a maximum level for production and a reduction of the price guarantee for the following marketing year if this level was exceeded may help to redirect the Community guarantee and thus lighten the burden on the Community budget; whereas any reduction in the Community guarantee must depend on the extent to which the guarantee thereshold has been exceeded but should not exert excessive pressure on the incomes of producers;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to adjust the target price and the intervention price according to the extent by which the said maximum level is exceeded,

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