OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
30.10.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL244/7
REGULATION (EEC)No2311/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of29October1971
onthesubsidyforoliveoil
givesentitlementthereto,provisionshouldbemade
forasystemofadministrative supervisiontocheck
thatthequantitiesofoilinrespectofwhich
applicationsforsubsidyaremadeareconsistentwith
thepotentialproductionof'olivesandoilduringthe
marketingyearinquestionandwiththequantitiesof
theproductsfromwhichtheoilisextractedandthe
quantitiesofoilactuallyproduced;
Whereassuchsupervisionshouldbebasedonthe
stockrecordsofoilmillsandextractionplantsand
onasystemofcultivationdeclarations ;whereas,to
ensuretheproperworkingofthesupervisionsystem,
theaccuracyofthestockrecordsandcultivation
declarationsshouldbeverifiedbytheMemberStates;
Whereas,however,tosimplifytheapplicationofthe
subsidysystemtoolive-residueoil,provisionshould
bemadeforthedetermination ofthequantityofsuch
oilwhichwillbeacceptedforthesubsidytobe
effectedonthebasisoftheproductionofoilby
extraction;
Whereasthesystemofadministrative supervision
referredtoabovemustbesupplemented by
Communitysupervisionforrawmaterialsimported
fromGreeceandfromthirdcountries;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
136/66/EEC1of22September1966onthe
establishment ofacommonorganisationofthe
marketinoilsandfats,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2554/70,2andinparticular
Article10(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
162/66/EEC3of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece,aridin
particularArticle8thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastheprinciplesmustbelaiddownunder
whichthesubsidyreferredtoinArticle10of
RegulationNo136/66/EECwillbegrantedtoolive
oilproducersforthe1971/72marketingyear;
whereas,moreover,measuresshouldbeadoptedto
ensurethatthesubsidyisgrantedonlyforoliveoil
producedintheCommunityfromolivesharvestedin
theCommunity,andinrespectofwhichthesubsidy
hasnotalreadybeengranted;
Whereas,toensuretheproperworkingofthesubsidy
system,thesubsidyshouldbegrantedonlyfor
quantitiesofoilinrespectofwhichapplicationsare
submittedwithinoil-producing regions;whereas,in
ordertosimplifytheapplicationofthesystem,
provisionshouldbemadeforMemberStatestofix
thenumberofapplicationsforsubsidywhichcanbe
madeduringthemarketingyear;
Whereas,thesubsidyinquestionisof.considerable
importanceforoilproducersandconstitutesa
financialburdenfortheCommunity ;whereas,to
ensurethatthesubsidyisgrantedonly,forsuchoilasHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forthe1971/72marketingyear,thesubsidyreferred
toinArticle10ofRegulationNo136/66/EECshall
begrantedinrespectofoliveoilfallingwithinthe
definitionscontainedunder1and4oftheAnnexto
thatRegulation .
Article2
1OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2OJNoL275,19.12.1970,p.5.1.Thesubsidyshallbegranteduponapplication
tobemadebythepersonsconcernedinthe
oil-producingregionsoftheCommunity . 3OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.

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Article5 2.TheproducingMemberStatesshallfix,
accordingtocriteriatobedetermined,thenumberof
applicationswhicheachpersonmaysubmitandthe­
timelimitforsubmissionofsuchapplications .
Article3Everyproducerofolivesfortheproductionofoil
shalllodgeacultivationdeclarationwhichshall,
contain,attheleast,informationregardingthearea
plantedwitholivetreesandthenumberofolivetrees
cultivatedandproducingwithinthatarea.
Cultivationdeclarationslodgedforthe1969/70and
1970/71marketingyearsshallalsobevalidforthe
1971/72marketingyearunlesstheproducer's
undertakinghaschangedinsuchawayastoalter
potentialproductionofolivesandoil.
Article6
1.Consistencybetweenthequantityofoilin
respectofwhichsubsidyisappliedforandthe
potentialproductionreferredtoinArticle3(2)(c)
shallbeverifiedbycheckingtheinformation
containedinthecultivationdeclarationsagainstthe
targetyieldsreferredtoinparagraph2.
2.Targetyieldsforolivesandforoilshallbeset.
bybodiesdesignatedforthepurposebythe
producingMemberStates.1.EachproducingMemberStateshallsetupa
systemofadministrative supervisiontoensurethat
theproductsinrespectofwhichapplicationsare
madeforsubsidyareproductswhichgiveentitlement
thereto.
2.Asregardsthetypeofoilreferredtounder1of
theAnnextoRegulationNo136/66/EEC,the
supervisionmust,inparticular,includeacheckthat
thequantityofoilinrespectofwhichanapplication
ismadeforsubsidybyapersonconcernedis
consistentwith:
(a)thequantityofolivesharvestedwithinthe
Communityandusedfortheproductionofsuch
oil,
(b)theactualquantityofoilproduced,
(c)thepotentialproductionofolivesandoilduring
themarketingyearinquestion.
3.Asregardsthetypeofoilreferredtounder4of
theAnnextoRegulationNo136/66/EEC,the
supervisionmust,inparticular,includeacheckthat
thequantityofoilinrespectofwhichanapplication
ismadeforsubsidybyapersonconcernedis
consistentwith:
(a)thequantityofoliveresidueobtainedfromolives
harvestedwithintheCommunityandusedfor
theproductionofsuchoil,
(b)theactualquantityofoilproducedinextraction
plants.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraph3,
producingMemberStatesmaydeterminethe
quantityofolive-residueoilwhichwillbeaccepted
forsubsidy,particularlyonthebasisofproductionof
thetypeofoilreferredtounder1oftheAnnexto
RegulationNo136/66/EEC.Article7
TheproducingMemberStatesshall:
(a)verifytheaccuracyofthestockrecordsreferred
toinArticle4(a);
(b)verifytheaccuracyofcultivationdeclarationsby
spotchecksinsitu.
Article8
Article41.ACommunitysystemisherebysetupfor
supervisionofproductsasreferredtoinArticle1(2)
(d)and(e)ofRegulationNo136/66/EECwhichare
importedfromGreeceorfromthirdcountries.
Thissystemmaybeaccompaniedbythelodgingofa
depositwhich,inrespectofolives,shallbeconfined
toproductsreferredtoinArticle15(1)ofthat
Regulation.
2.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle38ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC.Forthepurposesofthesupervisionreferredtoin
Article3,producingMemberStatesshall:
(a)obligeoilmillsand,subjecttoArticle3(4),
extractionplantsforolive-residueoiltokeep
recordsoftheirstocks,
(b)applyasystemofcultivationdeclarationsin
accordancewithArticles5and6.

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Article9 attained,adecisionwillbetaken,inaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle38ofRegulation
No136/66/EEC,astotheamendmentswhichshould
bemadetheretobytheMemberStateconcerned.TheMemberStatesshallcommunicate tothe
Commission,beforetheybecomeapplicable,all
provisionsadoptedbytheminpursuanceofthis
Regulation .
Shouldtheprovisionsinquestionnotbeaptto
enabletheobjectivesofthisRegulationtobeArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29October1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.NATALI