NoL171/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities28.6.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1419/78
of20June1978
amendingRegulationNo136/66/EEContheestablishment ofacommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinoilsandfats
whichtakesaccountofthesubsidyreceivedbythe
oliveproducers;
WhereasitisthereforenecessarytoamendArticle10
ofRegulationNo136/66/EECwitheffectfrom1
November1973soastoavoidasituationwherebyoil
producersreceivedirectly,inadditiontotheadvan­
tagereferredtoabove,thesubsidyinrespectofthe
sameproduction ;
Whereas,however,inFrance,inparticularwhenthe
olivesarepurchasedbythemillerandtheolive
residuebyindustry,itistotheoilproducerthatthe
subsidyhasbeenpaidorpromised;whereastheprice
providedforincontractsassumesthatthesubsidyis
paidtotheoilproducer;whereasprovisionshould
consequently bemadeforappropriatetransitional
measures ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament(!),
WhereasArticle10(1)ofCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EECof22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2560/77(3),providesthatwheretheproductiontarget
priceishigherthanthemarkettargetpricerulingat
thebeginningofthemarketingyear,asubsidyequal
tothedifferencebetweenthesetwopricesshallbe
grantedtoproducersofoliveoilextractedwithinthe
CommunityfromolivesharvestedwithintheCommu­
nity;
WhereasinitsjudgmentinCase36/77theCourtof
JusticeoftheEuropeanCommunities heldthatthe
expression'producersofoliveoil'withinthemeaning
ofArticle10ofRegulationNo136/66/EECistobe
interpretedasreferringtotheproducersofthe
processedproductconstitutedbytheoliveoiland
that,consequently ,itistotheselatterthatthesubsidy
mustbegranted;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3209/73of27
November1973onthesubsidyforoliveoil(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2363/77(5),
providesthat,witheffectfrom1November1973,the
applicationforthesubsidymaybepresentedby
producersofoliveswhohavesubmittedadeclaration
ofcultivation ;
WhereasitispursuanttothatRegulationthatthe
subsidyhasbeengrantedtooliveproducerssince1
November1973;whereasinviewoftheinterpreta­
tiongivenbytheCourtintheabovementioned judg­
ment,itishowevertobeexpectedthatthesubsidy
willbeclaimedbyoilproducerswhoarenotthem­
selvestheproducersoftheolives;whereassuchappli­
cationswouldnotbejustifiedeconomically ,sincethe
oilproducersalreadybenefitindirectlyfromthe
subsidythroughhavingpurchasedtheolivesatapriceArticle1
Article10(1)ofRegulationNo136/66/EECshallbe
replacedbythefollowingwitheffectfrom1
November1973:
'1.Wheretheproductiontargetpriceishigher
thanthemarkettargetpricerulingatthebegin­
ningofthemarketingyear,asubsidyequaltothe
differencebetweenthesetwopricesshallbe
grantedtotheproducersofolivesharvestedinthe
Communityinrespectofthequantityofoil
extractedtherefrom.'
Article2
BywayofderogationfromArticle1,thesubsidy
providedforinArticle10ofRegulationNo136/
66/EECshallbegrantedtoproducersofoilinrespect
ofoilextractedfromolivesharvestedbefore1
November1978,wherethisisprovidedforbythe
legislationoftheMemberStateconcerned.
(')Opiniondeliveredon14June1978(notyetpublishedin
theOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(3)OJNoL303,28.11.1977,p.1.
(4)OJNoL327,28.11.1973,p.15.
(5)OJNoL277,29.10.1977,p.4.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,20June1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.DALSAGER