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( 1 ) OJ NO 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , P . 3025/66 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 75 , 3 . 4 . 1981 , P . 13 .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 90 , 21 . 4 . 1981 , P . 101 .

( 4 ) OJ NO C 159 , 29 . 6 . 1981 , P . 27 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2028/81

OF 13 JULY 1981

FIXING THE PRODUCTION TARGET PRICE , THE PRODUCTION AID AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR

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 COUNCIL REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC OF 22 SEPTEMBER 1966 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN OILS AND FATS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 4 ( 4 ) AND 5 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 2 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 3 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 4 ),

WHEREAS , WHEN THE PRODUCTION TARGET PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL IS FIXED , ACCOUNT SHOULD BE TAKEN OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND OF THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH THE COMMUNITY DESIRES TO MAKE TO THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD TRADE ; WHEREAS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ARE , IN PARTICULAR , TO ENSURE A FAIR STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY , TO ENSURE THAT SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT THEY REACH CONSUMERS AT REASONABLE PRICES ;

WHEREAS THE TARGET PRICE REFERRED TO ABOVE MUST BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 4 AND 6 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC ;

WHEREAS , IF THE PRODUCER IS TO RECEIVE A FAIR INCOME , THE PRODUCTION AID MUST BE FIXED IN THE LIGHT OF THE IMPACT WHICH THE CONSUMPTION AID HAS ON PART OF THE PRODUCTION ;

WHEREAS THE INTERVENTION PRICE MUST BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC ;

WHEREAS ARTICLES 79 AND 81 OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION LAID DOWN THE CRITERIA FOR FIXING , RESPECTIVELY , THE INTERVENTION PRICE AND THE PRODUCTION AID APPLICABLE IN GREECE ; WHEREAS , ON THESE CRITERIA , THE ABOVEMENTIONED PRICE AND AID SHOULD BE FIXED AT THE LEVELS INDICATED BELOW ;

WHEREAS THE PRODUCTION TARGET PRICE AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE ARE FIXED FOR A SPECIFIC STANDARD QUALITY ; WHEREAS THE REASONS WHICH LED TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR ARE STILL VALID ; WHEREAS THAT STANDARD QUALITY SHOULD THEREFORE REMAIN UNCHANGED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1981/82 MARKETING YEAR , THE PRODUCTION TARGET PRICE , THE PRODUCTION AID AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :

( A ) PRODUCTION TARGET PRICE : 272.77 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS ;

( B ) PRODUCTION AID :

- FOR GREECE : 12.00 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS ;

- FOR THE OTHER MEMBER STATES : 60.00 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS ;

( C ) INTERVENTION PRICE :

- FOR GREECE : 186.97 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS ;

- FOR THE OTHER MEMBER STATES : 196.33 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS .

ARTICLE 2

THE PRICES SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 RELATE TO SEMI-FINE VIRGIN OLIVE OIL WITH A FREE FATTY ACID CONTENT , EXPRESSED AS OLEIC ACID , OF 3.3 GRAMS PER 100 GRAMS .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE 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 .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 13 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

LORD CARRINGTON