COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1292/95 of 7 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 laying down implementing rules in respect of the system of consumption aid for olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 11 (8) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 of 24 September 1985 laying down implementing rules in respect of the system of consumption aid for olive oil (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3498/93 (4), refers to the Member States of the Community as constituted on 31 December 1994; whereas the relevant provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 should therefore be amended to take account of Austria, Finland and Sweden;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following:

'The identification number referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3089/78 shall be preceded by the following letters:

- (CE)/(EG) - B, for plants situated in Belgium,

- (EF) - DK, for plants situated in Denmark,

- (EG) - D, for plants situated in Germany,

- (EK) - EL, for plants situated in Greece,

- (CE) - ESP, for plants situated in Spain,

- (CE) - F, for plants situated in France,

- (EY) - FI, for plants situated in Finland,

- (EC) - IRL, for plants situated in Ireland,

- (CE) - ITA, for plants situated in Italy,

- (CE) - L, for plants situated in Luxembourg,

- (EG) - NL, for plants situated in the Netherlands,

- (EG) - OS, for plants situated in Austria,

- (CE) - P, for plants situated in Portugal,

- (EG) - SV, for plants situated in Sweden,

- (EC) - UK, for plants situated in the United Kingdom.`

2. The second subparagraph of Article 18 (4) is replaced by the following:

'If the oil was exported to Switzerland under the Community internal transit procedure, or if the oil crossed that country under that procedure on its way to the country of destination, the certificate shall be issued on condition that proof is furnished that the oil concerned has been placed in free circulation in a third country, except where it has been destroyed in transit as a result of force majeure.`

3. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

The use of the letters referred to in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 before its amendment by this Regulation shall be permitted until 31 October 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 June 1995.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.

(2) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.

(3) OJ No L 254, 25. 9. 1985, p. 5.

(4) OJ No L 319, 21. 12. 1993, p. 20.

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