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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 185 , 7 . 7 . 1978 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3088/78

OF 19 DECEMBER 1978

FIXING FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR THE MARKET REPRESENTATIVE PRICE AND THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CONSUMPTION AID REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC

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 ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN OILS AND FATS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1562/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 4 ( 4 ), ARTICLE 11 ( 3 ) AND ARTICLE 36 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKET PRICE SHOULD BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 7 AND 10 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC ;

WHEREAS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFICULTIES OF INTRODUCING THE SYSTEM FOR CHECKING THE QUALIFICATION FOR CONSUMPTION AID REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION , THE AID ARRANGEMENTS COULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED AS FROM THE START OF THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS , FOR THIS REASON , MEASURES DEROGATING FROM ARTICLE 7 OF THE SAID REGULATION SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR THAT MARKETING YEAR PROVIDING FOR A DIFFERENTIATION IN THE LEVEL OF THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKET PRICE DEPENDENT ON WHETHER THE AID ARRANGEMENTS DO OR DO NOT APPLY ; WHEREAS , IN PARTICULAR , THE REPRESENTATIVE PRICE IN FORCE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THE AID ARRANGEMENTS APPLY MUST BE FIXED AT SUCH A LEVEL AS TO ALLOW THE ARRANGEMENTS FULLY TO ATTAIN THEIR AIMS IN SPITE OF BEING APPLIED DURING THE MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS THE THRESHOLD PRICE SHOULD BE FIXED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SELLING PRICE FOR THE IMPORTED PRODUCT AT THE FRONTIER CROSSING POINT FIXED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 9 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC IS THE SAME AS THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKET PRICE , ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN OF THE EFFECT OF THE MEASURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11 ( 3 ) OF THE ABOVE REGULATION ;

WHEREAS IT FOLLOWS FROM THE APPLICATION OF THESE CRITERIA THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKET PRICE AND THE THRESHOLD PRICE SHOULD BE FIXED AT THE LEVELS GIVEN IN ARTICLE 1 OF THIS REGULATION ;

WHEREAS UNDER ARTICLE 11 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE CONSUMPTION AID SHOULD BE USED DURING EACH OLIVE OIL MARKETING YEAR TO FINANCE MEASURES TO PROMOTE THE CONSUMPTION OF OLIVE OIL IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THIS PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE FIXED FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR THE REPRESENTATIVE MARKET PRICE AND THE THRESHOLD PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL SHALL BE FIXED AS FOLLOWS :

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// FROM 1 JANUARY TO 28 FEBRUARY 1979 // FROM 1 MARCH TO 31 OCTOBER 1979 //

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- REPRESENTATIVE MARKET PRICE // 148.43 U.A./100 KG // 120.78 U.A./100 KG //

- THRESHOLD PRICE // 145.43 U.A./100 KG // 119.44 U.A./100 KG //

ARTICLE 2

FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CONSUMPTION AID TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE MARKETING YEARS AND PROJECTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC IS FIXED AT 6 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 DECEMBER 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . ERTL