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of27November 1973
onthesubsidyforoliveoil
effectedonthebasisoftheproductionofoilbyextrac­
tion;
Whereas,producers'organizationsshouldbesetupin
ordertosimplifythesubsidysystem;whereasthe
minimumconditionstobesatisfiedbytheorganiza­
tionsbeforetheyarerecognizedbytheMemberStates
shouldbelaiddown,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Forthe1973/74marketingyear,thesubsidyreferred
toinArticle10ofRegulationNo136/66/EECshall
begrantedinrespectofoliveoilfallingwithinthe
definitionscontainedunder1and4oftheAnnexto
thatRegulation .
Article2
Beforeadatetobedetermined ,eachproducerof
oliveswhicharetobeusedintheproductionofoil
shallsubmitacultivationdeclarationforeachofthe
areascoveredbyArticle6(2);suchdeclaration ,in
additiontogivingthenecessarydetailsconcerningthe
olivetreessothatthesubsidymaybefixed,shall
includeastatementfromtheproducerthathehas
carriedoutthenecessaryfieldworkandthathepicks
theolivesregularly.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/
66/EEC(J)of22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoils
andfats,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1707/73(2),andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo162/
66/EEC(3)of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece,andinparti­
cularArticle8thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastheprinciplesmustbelaiddownunder
whichthesubsidyreferredtoinArticle10ofRegula­
tionNo136/66/EECwillbegrantedtoolive-oil
producersforthe1973/74marketingyear;whereas,
moreover,measuresshouldbeadoptedtoensurethat
thesubsidyisgrantedonlyforoliveoilproducedin
theCommunityfromolivesharvestedintheCommu­
nity,andinrespectofwhichthesubsidyhasnot
alreadybeengranted;
Whereas,toensuretheproperworkingofthesubsidy
system,thesubsidyshouldbegrantedonlyforquanti­
tiesofoilinrespectofwhichapplicationsare
submittedwithinproducingMemberStates;whereas,
inordertosimplifytheapplicationofthesystem,the
numberofapplicationsforsubsidywhichcanbe
madeduringthemarketingyearshouldbelimited;
Whereas,thesubsidyinquestionisofconsiderable
importanceforproducersofoliveoilandconstitutesa
financialburdenfortheCommunity ;whereas,to
ensurethatthesubsidyisgrantedonlyforsuchoilas
givesentitlementthereto,provisionshouldbemade
forasystemofadministrative supervisiontocheck
thatthequantitiesofoilinrespectofwhichapplica­
tionsforthesubsidyaremadeareconsistentwiththe
potentialproductionofolivesandoilduringthe
marketingyearinquestionandwiththequantitiesof
theproductsfromwhichtheoilisextractedandthe
quantitiesofoilactuallyproduced;
Whereasinordertocheckthisconsistencysuchsuper­
visionshouldbebasedinparticularonasystemof
cultivationdeclarations ;whereas,toensuretheproper
workingofthesupervisionsystem,theaccuracyofthe
cultivationdeclarationsshouldbeverifiedbythe
MemberStates;
Whereas,however,tosimplifytheapplicationofthe
subsidysystemtoolive-residue oil,provisionshould
bemadeforthedetermination ofthequantityofsuch
oilwhichwillbeacceptedforthesubsidytobeArticle3
1.Thesubsidyshallbegranteduponapplicationto
bemadebythepersonsconcernedintheMember
Statesinwhichtheoilwasproduced.
2.Inrespectofeachoftheareasreferredtoin
Article6(2),onlyoneapplicationforthesubsidymay
besubmitted ,beforeadatetobedetermined ,byeach
producerwhohassubmittedacultivationdeclaration .
Article4
1.EachproducingMemberStateshallsetupa
systemofadministrative supervisiontoensurethatthe
productsinrespectofwhichapplicationsaremadefor
thesubsidyareproductswhichgiveentitlement
thereto.
2.Asregardsthetypeofoilreferredtounderpoint
1oftheAnnextoRegulationNo136/66/EEC,the
supervisionmust,inparticular,includeacheckthat
thequantityofoliveoilinrespectofwhichanapplica­
tionismadeforthesubsidybythepersonconcerned
isconsistentwith:
(a)Thequantityofolivesharvestedwithinthe
Communityandusedfortheproductionofsuch
oil,(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(-')OJNoL175,29.6.1973,p.5.
(3)OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.

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—comparetheinformationgiveninthecultivation
declarationforthe1973/74marketingyearwith
theinformationcontainedintheoilregisteror,if
thisisnotavailable,inthelastcultivationdeclara­
tionsubmittedbyeachpersonconcerned.
Article8(b)theactualquantityofoliveoilproduced,
(c)thepotentialproductionofolivesandoilduring
themarketingyearinquestion.
3.Asregardsthetypeofoilreferredtounder4of
theAnnextoRegulationNo136/66/EEC,thecompe­
tentFrenchauthoritiesmust,inparticular,checkthat
thequantityofoliveresidueoilinrespectofwhichan
applicationismadeforthesubsidybyaperson
concernedisconsistentwith:
(a)thequantityofoliveresidueobtainedfromolives
harvestedwithintheCommunityandusedforthe
productionofsuchoil
(b)theactualquantityofolive-residueoilproduced.
4.Withrespecttotheoilreferredtounder4ofthe
AnnextoRegulationNo136/66/EEC,thecompetent
Italianauthoritiesshalldeterminethequantityofthis
oilforwhichthesubsidymaybegranted,onthebasis
oftheoilproductionreferredtounderpoint1ofthe
AnnextothatRegulation .1.IntheapplicationofthisRegulation,the
MemberStatesmaytreatarecognizedproducers'
organizationasasingleproducer.
2.ForthepurposesofthisRegulation,'producers'
organization'meansanyrecognizedorganizationof
producersofolivesandoilestablishedontheirown
initiative,whichundertakesinparticular :
—tosupervise,forthepurposesofthegrantingof
thesubsidyinaccordancewiththisRegulation ,
theproductionbyitsmembersofolivesandof
oil;thesechecksmaynotreplacethecheckstobe
carriedoutbytheMemberStatesinaccordance
withthisRegulation ;
—tosubmitasingleapplicationforthesubsidyand
asinglecultivationdeclarationonbehalfofallits
members,afterthecontrolreferredtoabove;
—toreceivethesubsidyonbehalfofitsmembers
andtodistributeitamongtheminrespectofthe
productionofeachmemberwhichhasbeenrecog­
nizedbytheproducingMemberStates.Article5
Forthepurposesofthesupervisionreferredtoin
Article4,producingMemberStatesshallobligeoil
millsand,subjecttoArticle4(4),extractionplantsfor
olive-residueoiltokeeprecordsoftheirstocks.
Article6
Article91.Consistencybetweenthequantityofoilin
respectofwhichthesubsidyisappliedforandthe
potentialproductionreferredtoinArticle4(2)(c)
shallbeverifiedbycheckingtheinformation
containedinthecultivationdeclarationsagainstthe
targetyieldsreferredtoinparagraph2.
2.Targetyieldsforolivesandforoilshallbesetfor
eachproductionareabytheproducingMemberStates
inaccordancewithcriteriatobedetermined .TheMemberStatesshallcommunicate tothe
Commission ,beforetheybecomeapplicable,allprovi­
sionsadoptedbytheminpursuanceofthisRegula­
tion.
Iftheprovisionsarenotsuchastoenabletheobjec­
tivesofthisRegulationtobeattained,adecisionwill
betaken,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,astothe
amendmentswhichshouldbemadetheretobythe
MemberStateconcerned .Article7
Article10TheproducingMemberStatesshall:
—makeon-the-spotchecksastotheaccuracyof
cultivationdeclarations .Thesechecksshallrelate
toapercentagetobefixedbyreferencetothesize
ofthefarm;ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27November1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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