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►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1332/92
of 18 May 1992
introducing specific measures for table olives
(OJ L 145, 27.5.1992, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►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
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1332/92
of 18 May 1992
introducing specific measures for table olives
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Com-
munity, 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 of pro-
duction 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 morestringent 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 financialcontribution 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 of suita-ble storage capacity, such groups or associations should be encouraged,to set up working capital; whereas, to that end, provision should bemade for financial contributions from the Member State and the Com-
munity, with a ceiling determined by reference to the value of produc-
tion marketed by the producer groups and associations thereof over agiven 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 the Communityto make a financial contribution to the implementation of the measures
in question through the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Community shall contribute up to 60 % of the cost of measures to
develop the consumption of table olives in the Community, put forwardand implemented by representative groups bringing together varioustypes of activity in the sector. The representative nature of the groupsshall be assessed in the light of the objective to be achieved.
(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.
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Article 2
1. The measures referred to in Article 1 shall be intended to:
— promote the quality of the product, mainly through the carrying out
of market studies and research into the production of olives with a
low salt content,
— develop new forms of packaging,
— distribute advice on marketing to the various economic operators in
the sector,
— encourage publicity and public relations, including the organization
of, and participation in, trade fairs and other commercial events.
2. Measures under Article 1 may not be geared towards commercial
brands or refer to a Member State.
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 90 39, 0710 80 10, 0711 20, ex 0712 90 90,
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M1ex 2001 90 65 ◄, ex 2004 90 30 and 2005 70 00 which fulfil
the conditions set out in Articles 5 and 6 (1) and (2) of Regulation(EEC) No 1360/78(
1) and which constitute working capital with the
objective of stabilizing supply by ensuring in particular the financing ofstorage 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. How-
ever, the overall financial commitment of the Member State and the
Community may not exceed 10 % of the value of production marketedby 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 the
legislation 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. Inthat event, the cooperatives or associations thereof shall institute a guar-antee to ensure repayment of the aid received, should the obligations
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 measures
intended to stabilize the agricultural markets pursuant to Article 3 (1) ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 729/70(
2). They shall be financed from
the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF),Guarantee Section.
(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)
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Article 5
In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 38 of Regula-
tion No 136/66/EEC(1), 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 pub-
lication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.
(1) 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)