EN Official Journal of the European Union L 318/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1808/2004

of 18 October 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2138/97 delimiting the homogenous olive oil production zones

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil producer organisations (2), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 stipulates that olive yields and oil yields are to be fixed by homogenous production zones on the basis of the figures supplied by producer Member States.

(2) The production zones are delimited in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2138/97 (3). For administrative and structural reasons the homogeneous production zones in Greece, Spain and Italy should be amended for the 2003/04 marketing year.

(3) 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

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2138/97 is amended as follows:

1. in point A the parts relating to the provinces of Brescia, Perugia, Lecce, Catanzaro and Messina are replaced respectively by the texts in the Annex to this Regulation.

2. point C is amended as follows: (a) under heading ‘Νομός Ζακύνθου’, the municipality of Μαχαιράδου is removed from zone 2 and added to zone 3; (b) under heading ‘Νομός Ημαθίας’, the municipality of Φυτείας is removed from zone 1 and added to zone 2; (c) under heading ‘Νομός Κιλκίς’, the municipality of Βαφειοχωρίου is removed from zone 2 and added to zone 1; (d) under heading ‘Νομός Κορινθίας’, the municipality of Κορφιώτισσας is removed from zone 8 and added to zone 1; (e) under heading ‘Νομός Λασηθίου’: — the municipalities of Λακωνίων, Αγίου Ιωάννη, Καλαμαύκα, Ζήρου, Παπαγιαννάδων, Χανδρών, Λιθίνων, Ορεινού, Πεύκων, Σχινοκαψάλων, Χρυσοπηγής, Αγίου Γεωργίου, Κατσιδονίου, Μαρωνιάς, Πισκοκεφάλου, Σητείας, Αγίου Στεφάνου, Σταυροχωρίου, Σταυρωμένου and Προυσσού are removed from zone 2 and added to zone 1, — the municipalities of Μεσελέρων and Πρίνων are removed from zone 1 and added to zone 2, and — the municipality of Αγίου Σπυρίδωνα is added to zone 1; (f) under heading ‘Νομός Πρέβεζας’, the municipality of Ριζών is removed from zone 2 and added to zone 7;

3. in point D, under the heading ‘Comunidad autónoma: Aragón’, the municipality of La Portellada is added to zone 4 of the province of Teruel.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 November 2003.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 October 2004. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 97).

(2) OJ L 208, 3.8.1984, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1639/98 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 38).

(3) OJ L 297, 31.10.1997, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1885/2003 (OJ L 277, 28.10.2003, p. 5).