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24.11.71 Official .JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL259/29
REGULATION (EEC)No2510/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of22November1971
ondetailedrulesforthesubsidyforoliveoil
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNI­
TIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC1
of22September1966ontheestablishmentofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2554/702,andin
particularArticle10(3)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/66/EEC3
of27October1966ontradeinoilsandfatsbetweenthe
CommunityandGreece;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2311/
7i4of29October-1971onthesubsidyforoliveoil,and
inparticularArticle8(2)thereof;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2311/71laid
downtheprinciplesunderwhichthesubsidyreferredto
in.Article10ofRegulationNo136/66/EECisgranted
andcontained ,measurestoensurethatthatsubsidyis
grantedonlyinrespectofproductswhichareentitledto
it;whereasitisfortheCommissiontoadoptdetailed
rulesforapplyingthisRegulationforthe1971/72mar­
ketingyear;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No2311/71
providesforthesettingupofasystemofsupervisiontp
checkthatthequantityofoilinrespectofwhichanap­
plicationforsubsidyislodgedisconsistentwiththe
quantitiesofproductsfromwhichoilisextracted,the
actualquantityofoilproducedandpotentialproduction
forthe1971/72marketingyear;whereas,therefore,ap­
plicationsforsubsidy,stockrecordsofoilmillsand
olive-residueoilextractionplantsandcultivationdecla­
rationstobelodgedbyoliveproducersmustcontain
enoughinformationtomakeitpossibletocheckthis
consistency ;Whereas,ifthesystemofcultivationdeclarationsisto
operatecorrectly,afinaldateforthelodgmentofsuch
declarationsmustbefixed;
Whereas,toensurethatthesystemofcultivationdecla­
rationsisproperlyapplied,thefactorstobetakeninto
accountwhenthetargetyieldsreferred'toinArticle.6of
Regulation(EEC)No2311/71arebeingsetmustbe
specified;
Whereasitwouldbepreferableifthecompetentprofes­
sionalbodiescouldbeinvolvedinsupervisionandinthe
determination oftargetyields,inviewofthetechnical
aspectsoftheseoperations;
.WhereasArticle7ofRegulatiqn(EEC)"No2311/71
requiresproducingMemberStatestoverifytheaccuracy
ofstockrecordsofoilmillsandolive-residue oilextrac­
tionplants;whereas,inviewofthelargenumberofoil
millsinoperationandtheadministrative facilitiesnow
availabletoMemberStates,spotchecksmustbemade
onasufficientlyrepresentative numberofoilmills;
Whereasexperiencehasshownthatincertaincasesitis
notpossibletocheckwhetherthequantityofolivesindi­
catedintheapplication tforsubsidyisconsistentwiththe
quantityindicatedinoilmillstockrecords;whereas
provisionsmustbeadoptedtoovercomethisdifficulty;
Whereasuncertaintymayariseastothequantityofoil
entitledtosubsidyasaresultofadiscrepancybetween
thequantityinrespectofwhichanapplicationismade
forsubsidyandthequantityindicatedinthestockre­
cords;whereas,sinceoliveandoilyieldsareonlyintend­
edtoserveasaguide,itmayhappenthatthequantityin
respectofwhichanapplicationismadeforsubsidyex­
ceedsthatresultingfromtheapplicationofthoseyields
tocultivationdeclarations ;whereas,insuchcases,the
quantitytobeacceptedforsubsidyshouldbe,determined
bythecompetentbodiesoftheMemberStates;
Whereasitmayalsohappenthatthequantityofolive­
residueoilinrespectofwhichanapplicationismadefor
subsidyexceedsthatresultingfromtheapplicationto
oliveresiduesreceivedbyextractionplantsoftheaver­
ageyieldsofolive-residueoilfordifferentareas;where­
as,insuchcases,thequantitytobeacceptedforsubsidy
shouldbedeterminedasindicatedabove;1OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2OJNoL275,19.12.l970,p.5 .
3OJNo197,29.10.1966 ,p.3393/66.
4OJNoL244,30.10.1971,p.7.

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(c)theoilmillormillsinwhichtheoilwasproduced,
indicatingforeachofthesethequantityofolives
usedandthequantityofoilproduced;
(d)thelocationofthefarmorfarmsonwhichtheolives
wereharvested,withareferencetothecultivation
declarationforthefarmorfarmsinquestion;
(e)inaddition,forthe1971/72marketingyear,theap­
plicantshallcompletehisapplicationbycertifying,
wherenecessary,thatthe>cultivationdeclaration
lodgedforthe1969/70and1970/71marketing
yearsisstillvalid.
2.Forolive-residueoil,theapplicationforsubsidyshall
contain,attheleast,thefollowinginformation :
(a)thesurname,firstnameandaddressoftheapplicant;
(b)theweightofoil,specifyingthattheproductisojive­
residueoil;
(c)theextractionplantinwhichtheoilwasproduced.-
WhereaMemberStateinvokestheprovisionsofArticle
3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2311/71theapplication
forsubsidyreferredtoinparagraph 1shallalsocover
olive-residue oil.
Insuchcases,theapplicationshallspecifyunder(e)the
quantitiesofoliveresidueobtained.-WhereasArtilce3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2311/71
providesthatMemberStatesmaydeterminethequantity
ofolive-residueoilwhichwillbeacceptedforsubsidy,
notablyonthebasisofvirginoliveoilproduction,where­
asthenormalratiobetweenquantitiesofvirginoliveoil
andolive-residue oilfromthesamebatchofolivesmust
betakenintoaccountwhenthatquantityisbeingdeter­
mined;
Whereastheproperfunctioningofthesystemofsupervi­
sionreferredtoinArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
2311/71maybeensurediftheproductsreferredto
thereinareplacedundersupervisionuntilsuchtimeas
theoilcontainedintheseproductsisnolongerinacon­
ditiontobeacceptedforsubsidy;
Whereasitmustbepossibletodistinguishinintra­
Communitytradebetweenthoseproductswhichmust
andthosewhichneednotbesubjectedintheMember
Stateofdestinationtothesystemofsupervisionreferred
toabove;whereasthiscouldbedonebyusingthedocu­
mentsintroducedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No542/
691of18March1969onCommunitytransitand
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No2313/692of19
November1969onthe-internalCommunitytransitdo­
cumentforcertifyingtheCommunitynatureofgoods;
WhereasArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2311/71
providesthatsupervisionmaybeaccompanied bythe
lodgingofadeposit;whereasthelattermustbelodgedin
thoseolive-oilproducingMemberStateswheresubsidy
canbeappliedfor;whereasthearrangements forthis
depositmustbedeterminedparticularybyfixingthe
amountofthedepositatalevelwhichwillensurethat
thereisnoincentivetoapplyunlawfullyforsubsidyfor
oilcontainedinproductssubjecttosupervision ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,Article3
1.TheregionsreferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2311/71shallbedeterminedbyproducing
MemberStates.
2.Thenumberofapplicationsforsubsidytobelodged
byeachapplicantshallbefixedinthelightoftheneedto
checkconsistencyasrequiredbyArticle10(1)(b)ofthis
Regulation .•
3.EachproducingMemberStateshallfixforeachre­
gionafinaldateforlodgingapplicationsforsubsidy,
thisdatetobeascloseaspossibletotheendofoilprod­
uctionintheregioninquestion.Thesedatesmaybedif­
ferentforvirginoliveoilandolive-residueoil.
However,thelodgingofapplicationsinrespectofvirgin
oliveoilmustterminatebeforethefixing,referredtoin
Article8(2)takesplace.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationlaysdowndetailedrulesforgrantingthe
subsidyforoliveoilforthe1971/72marketingyear.
Article2
Article41.Forvirginoliveoil,theapplicationforsubsidyshall
contain,attheleast,thefollowinginformation :
(a)thesurname,firstnameandaddressoftheapplicant;
(b)theweightofoil,specifyingthattheproductisvirgin
oliveoil;1.InproducingMemberStatesoilmillsshallkeepdaily
stockrecordswhichshallindicate,attheleast:
(a)thequantitiesofolivesreceived,batchbybatch,stat­
ingthepersonforwhomtheyarecrushed;
(b)thequantitiesofolivescrushed;
(c)thequantitiesofoilobtained;
1OJNoL77,29.3.1969,p.l.
2OJNoL295,24.11.1969,p.8. (d)thequantitiesofoliveresidueobtained;:

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(c)foroilswhichwerenotobtainedintheplantinques­
tionduringthe1971/72marketingyear,thestocks
carriedoverandthequantitiesreceivedanddes­
patched,statingthereasonfortheirmovementand
whereappropriatetheconsignorortherecipient.
Article5(e)thequantitiesofoilleavingthemill,batchbybatch,
statingthereasonfortheirdespatchandthereci­
.pient;
(0thequantitiesofoliveresidueusedinthemillor
leavingthemillbatchbybatch,statingthereason
fortheseoperationsand,wheretheyleavethemill,
therecipient.
2.SubjecttoArticle3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No23.11/
71*olive-residueoilextractionplantsinproducing
MemberStatesshallkeepdailystockrecordswhich
shallindicate,attheleast:
(a)thequantitiesof-oliveresiduereceived,batchby
batch,andtheoilmillfromwhichtheycame;
(b)thequantityofoilcontainedintheresiduesreceived;1.Eacholiveproducershalllodgeasinglecultivation
declarationforthoseofhisfarmswhicharesituatedin
oneoftheregionsreferredtoinArticle3(1).
Whereseveralproducersareassociatedinasinglefarm
asinglecultivationdeclarationshallbelodgedforthat,
farm;insuchcasesthesurnameandfirstnamesofeach
oftheassociatedproducersshallbeindicated.
2.ProducingMemberStatesshallfixthefinaldatefor
lodgingcultivationdeclarations .(c)thequantitiesofresidueused;
(d)thequantitiesofoilobtained;
Article6
1.Thecultivation declaration shallindicatein
particular :
(a)thesurname,firstnameandaddressoftheperson
lodgingthedeclaration; '
(b)thelocationofthefarmorfarms;
(c)thesurfaceareaplantedwitholivetrees;
(d)thetotalnumberofolivetreesactuallycultivated;
(e)thenumberofcrop-yielding olivetreestheolives
fromwhicharenomallyusedforpurposesotherthan
oilproduction ;
(0thenumberofcrop-yielding olivetreestheolives
fromwhicharenormallyusedforoilproduction,
•statingthenumberofolivetreesunderspecialcul­
tivationandthenumberundermixedcultivation ;
(g)foreachofthetwotypesofcultivationreferredtoin
(0above:
—thenumberofolivetreesgrownbyirrigation,and
-wherepossible,themainvarietiesandtheshape
pruning.
2.MemberStatesmayhavecultivationdeclarationsal­
readylodgedortobelodgedsupplemented bytheland
registerreferenceofthefarmswhicharethesubjectof
thatdeclaration .(e)thequantitiesofoilleavingtheplant,batchbybatch,
statingthereasorvfortheirdespatchandthereci­
pient;
(0thequantitiesofresidueusedup,eitherusedinthe
plantorleavingit,batchbybatch,statingthereason,
fortheseoperationsand,wheretheyleavetheplant,
therecipient.
3.Thequantitiesofoilreferredtoin1(c)and2(d)shall
bethoseobtainedafterdeductingtheweightofwaterand
impuritiesinaccordancewithcommercialpractice.
Thequantitiesofoilreferredtoin2(b)shallbedeter­
minedbyanalysiscarriedoutinaccordancewiththe
methodlaiddownbyMemberStates.
4.Oilmillsshallkeepseparatestockrecordsindicating,
attheleast:
(a)forolivesimportedfromGreeceorthirdcountries,
theinformationprovidedforinparagraph 1except­
ingthenameoftheproducer;
(b)foroilswhichwerenotobtainedintheoilmillin
questionduringthe1971/72marketingyear,the
stockscarriedoverandthequantitiesreceivedand
despatched,statingthereasonfortheirmovement
and'whereappropriate ,theconsignorortherecipient.
5.SubjecttoArticle3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2311/
71,olive-residue oilextractionplantsshall.keepsep­
aratestockrecordsindicating,atleast:
(a)fortheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(e)ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EECimportedfromGreeceor
fromthirdcountries,theinformationprovidedforin
paragraph2exceptingtheoilmillfromwhichthe
residuecame;
(b)fortheproductslistedinArticle1(2)(e)ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EECfallingwithinheadingNo
15.17AoftheCommonCustomsTariffandpro­
ducedwithintheCommunity ,thequantitiesreferred
toinparagraph2andwheretheycamefrom;Article7
1.InproducingMemberStates:
(a)oilmillsshiallbesubjecttospotchecks.Thesechecks
willbemade'onarepresentative proportionofthe
millsinoperation,takingintoaccountoperational
methods,productioncapacityandgeographicaldis­
tribution;
(b)subjecttoArticle3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2311/
71olive-residueoilextractionplantsshallbesub­
jecttosupervisionasfromtheiropeningforrecep­
tionofoliveresiduestotheclosingofthestockre­
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Article11 2.Thesupervisionreferredtoinparagraph 1shallcon­
cerninparticular:
(a)consistencybetweenrecordedanactualstocks;
(b)asregardsextractionplants,thequantityandquality
ofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(2)(e)ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EECreceivedanddespatchedand
thequantityofoilproduced,receivedanddes­
patched. .*Whereitisnotpossibletocheckconsistencybetweenthe
quantityofolivesindicatedintheapplicationforsubsidy
andthequantityindicatedintherecordsreferredtoin
Article4(1)asaresultofthesupplytooilmillsofthe
jointoliveproductionofseveralfarmers,thecompetent
bodiesshalldecideonthequantityofolivestobeused
fordeterminingthequantityofoilentitledtosubsidy.
Article12Articles
1.ThetargetyieldsreferredtoinArticle6ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2311/71shallbeestablishedinthedif­
ferentproductionregionsonthebasisoffactorslikelyto
affecttheyieldofolivesandoil.
2.Thetargetyieldsshallbefixed,onthebasisofinfor­
mationcollectedinduetime,priortoadatetobedeter­
minedbytheMemberStates.Thisdatemaynotbelater
than15June1971.
Article9
Representatives ofprofessionalbodiesmaybeinvolved
intheworkofthebodiesappointedtodeterminetarget
yieldsandinthesupervisionreferredtoinArticle7of
Regulation(EEC)No2311/71. '1.IfthesupervisionreferredtoinArticle10(1)(a)
showsthatthequantitiesofolivesindicatedintheappli­
cationforaidaregreaterthanthoseindicatedinthe
stockrecordsreferredtoinparagraph 1.orifthesuper­
visionreferredtoinArticle10(1)(b)showsthatthe
quantityofoilindicatedintheapplicationisgreaterthan
thatresultingfromtheapplicationoftargetyieldstocul­
tivationdeclarations ,thecompetentbodiesshalldecide
onthequantityofoilentitledtosubsidy,afteraninvesti­
gationandwherenecessaryafterhearingtheparties
concerned .
2.IfthesupervisionreferredtoinArticle10(2)shows
that:
(a)thequantityofoilindicatedintheapplicationis
greaterthan,thatindicatedinthestockrecordsre­
ferredtoinArticle4(2),or
(b)thequantitiesofresiduereceivedindicatedinthe
abovementioned recordsaregreaterthanthequanti­
tiessentbytheoilmillsandindicatedintherecords
referredtoinArticle4(1),of
(c)thequantityofoil'indicatedintheapplicationis
greaterthanthatresultingfromtheapplicationofthe
yieldsreferredtoinArticle10(2)(c)toresiduesre­
ceivedbytheextractionplantinquestion,
thecompetentbodiesshalldecideonthequantityofoil
entitledtosubsidy,afteraninvestigationandwherene­
cessaryafterhearingthepartiesconcerned .
3.ProducingMemberStatesshallreporttotheCom­
missionontheapplicationoftheprovisionsofthis
Article.Article10
1.Supervisionofapplicationsforsubsidyforvirgin
oliveoilshallinvolve,amongothermeasures:
(a)checkingconsistencybetweenthequantitiesofolives
andoilindicatedinapplicationsandthequantities
indicatedinoilmillstockrecords;
(b)checkingconsistencybetweenthequantitiesofolives
andoilindicatedinapplicationsandthequantities
resultingfromtheapplicationoftargetyieldstothe
relevantcultivationdeclarations .
2.SubjecttoArticle3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2311/
71supervisionofapplicationsforsubsidyforolive-re-.
sidueoilshallbecarriedoutby:
Article13
WhereaproducingMemberStateinvokestheprovisions
ofArticle3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2311/71,the
quantity ,ofolive-residueoilentitledtosubsidyshallbe
equalto9*5%ofthequantityofvirginoliveoilproduced
bypressingfromtheolivesfromwhichtheresiduecame
andinrespectofwhichentitlementtosubsidyisrecog­
nized.(a)checkingconsistencybetweenthequantitiesofoil
indicatedinapplicationsandthequantitiesindicated
inthestockrecordsoftheextractionplantsinques­
tion;
(b)checkingconsistencybetweenthequantitiesofolive
residuereceivedindicatedinthestockrecordsofex­
tractionplantsandthequantitiessenttothoseplants
byoilmills;
(c)checkingconsistencybetweenthequantityofoilin
respectofwhichanapplicationismadeforsubsidy
andthequantitiesresultingfromtheapplication,to
theoliveresiduefromwhichtheoilwasobtained,of
averageindustrialresidueyieldsdeterminedbyre­
gionineachproducingMemberState.Article14
1.InaccordancewithArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2311/71,eachMemberStateshallsetupasystemof
customscontroloradministrative supervisionoffering
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provenancecanonlybefurnishedbysubmittingtothe
competentauthoritiesoftheMemberStateofdestination
eitheradocumentT2asreferredtoinArticle39of
Regulation(EEC)No542/69oradocumentT2Las
referredtoinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No2313/69
whichindicatesinitsSection31,inadditiontothede­
scriptionofgoods,thefollowing:toinArticle1(2)(d)and(e)ofRegulationNo136/66/
EECimportedfromGreeceorfromthirdcountries.
2.Thesamesystemofsupervisionshallbeappliedto
theproductsreferredtoinArticle1(2)(d)and(e)'of
RegulationNo136/66/EECcomingfromanother
MemberState,exceptingthoseforwhichproofisfur­
nishedinaccordancewithArticle16thattheywerenot
subjectintheMemberStateofprovenancetotheabove­
mentionedsystemofsupervision .
3.Supervisionshallapplyuntilsuchtimeastheoilcon­
tainedintheproductssubjecttothatsupervisionnolon­
gerqualifiesforsubsidy.(a)thenetweightofthegoods;
(b)oneofthefollowingendorsements :
'ProduitnonimportédespaystiersoudelaGrece
nichtausDrittländern oderausGriechenland
eingeführtesErzeugnis'
Article15'prodottononimportatodaipaesiterziodallaGre­
cia' '.
'nietuitderdelandenofGriekenlandingevoerdpro­
dukt'
(productnotimportedfromthirdcountriesorfrom
Greece).
Article171.ForproductsreferredtoinArticle15(1)ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EEC,olive-oilproducingMember
StatesshallandotherMemberStatesmayincludethe
lodgingofadepositinthesystemofsupervisionreferred
toinArticlfe14.
2.Foreachproductsubjecttosupervisionthedeposit
shallbeequaltotheamountofsubsidycorresponding to
thequantityofoilcontainedinthoseproducts,plus
10%.Thisquantityshallbecalculatedinaccordance
withArticles6,7(2)and8(2)ofCouncilRegulationNo
166/66/EEC1of27October1966ontheleviesapplica­
bletooliveoilwhichhasundergonearefiningprocess
andtocertainproductscontainingoliveoil.
3.Thedepositmaybelodgedincurrencyorintheform
ofaguaranteemeetingthecriteriafixedbyeachMember
State.
4.Thedepositshallbeforfeitedinwholeifwithinfour
monthsofitsbeinglodgedproofisnotfurnishedthatthe
oilcontainedintheproductsconcernedisnolongerina
conditiontoqualifyforsubsidy.OilcontainedintheproductsreferredtoinArticle14(1)
shallbeconsideredtonolongerqualifyforsubsidywith­
inthemeaningofthisRegulationwhereproofisfur­
nishedthatthoseproductshavebeen:
-processedintooilinrespectofwhichapplicationcan­
notbemadeforsubsidy, 1
-exportedtothirdcountriesorGreece,
-despatchedfromtheterritoryofoneMemberStateto
anotherMemberStateandinrespectofwhichaT2
orT2Ldocumenthasbeenissuedwhichdoesnot
containtheinformationreferredtoinArticle16,
-treatedinsuch,awaythattheycannolongerbepro­
cessedintooil.
Article18
Article16ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationinthe'OfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .Proofthattheproductswerenotsubjecttothesupervi­
sionreferredtoinArticle14intheMemberStateof
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicabletoallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,22November1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI
1OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3400/66.