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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
AMENDING REGULATION (EEC )No3809 /78LAYING
DOWN GENERAL RULES INRESPECT OFAID
FOR THE CONSUMPTION OFOLIVE OIL
(presented bytheCommission tothe Council )
COM (79)590 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1*Thesystemofconsumption aidforoliveoilprovidesinparticularthatrelease
intofreecirculation intheCommunityofoliveoilimportedfromnon-member
countriesissubjecttoasecurity,theamountofwhichisequaltothatofthe
'consumption aidobtainingatthetimeofreleaseintofreecirculation *
2*Theriskexists,intheeventofasubstantialalterationoftheamountofthe
consumption aid,thatoperatorswillgainanunduebenefitfromtheapplication
ofthesecuritysystemreferredtoabove*
3*Inordertoavoidthisdifficulty,itshouldbemadepossibletoadjusttheamount
ofthesecurityassoonasthecasereferredtounder2arises*
4*Sincetheriskreferredtoatpoint2hasoccurredinpracticeduringthetwo
weeksprecedingtheendofthemarketingyear,followingthedecisionofthe
Councilon16October1979toincreasetheamountoftheconsumption aidas
from1November1979,thebeginningofthe1979/80marketingyear,themeasure
envisagedshouldbeappliedretroactively *

Proppsalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No3809/78Layingdowngeneralrulesinrespectofaid
fortheconsumptionofoliveoil*
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No136/66/EECof22September1966ontheestablish­
mentofacommonorganization ofthemarketinoilsandfats,aslastamendedby
(21 .. .Regulation (EfC)No590/.79andmparticularArticle11(4)thereof,
Having^regardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,underArticle9ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3089/78
theamountofthesecurityapplicabletoolive'oiI■imported'inbulkorin,
packagesofacertaincapacityisequaltothatpartoftheconsumption aidwhich
wouldbepaidtothepackagingplantsforthesamequantityof,oliveoiIproducedin
theCommunityandobtainingattheitemetothereleaseof'tbeciIintogreecircula­
tion;
Whereas,intheeventofasubstantialalterationintheconsumption aid,thoseisa
riskthattraderswillgainanunduebenefitfromtheapplication ofthesecurity
systemreferredtoabove;whereas,inordertoavoidthisdifficulty,provisionshould
bemadetoenabletheamountofthesecuritytobeadjustedappropriately oncethe
alterationintheaidhasbeendecidedon;
Whereas,inviewoftheincreaseintheaidapplicable from1November1979,the
above-mentioned riskwillinfactoccurduringthelasttwoweeksprecedingthe
endofthemarketingyear;whereasitisthereforenecessarythattheadjustment
ofthesecuri'tyshouldcomeintoeffectfromthedateanwhichspeculativeactivity
couldtakeplace;whereas,moreover,thetradersconcerned havebeeninformedin
'goodtimeofthemeasuresenvisaged,
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
(1)0JNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66
(2)OJNoL78,30.3„1979,p.1
(3)0JNoL369,29.12.1978,p.12

Article 1
InArticle9(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3089/79afurthersubparagraph asfollowsis
added: ••; ■
"However,intheeventofadecisionentailingasubstantialalterationinthe
•consumptionaid,theCommissionmayadjust,witheffectfromthedateofthatdecision,
'theamountofthesecurityinordertotakeaccountofthealterationinquestion."
Article2 ■. ;v,": '/,V..'.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication intheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities. .
Itshallapply,witheffectfrom22October1979. ,
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inall-('
MemberStates. '
Doneat/1 FortheCouncil ',1♦,