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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)511 final
s,. Brussels .11th September 1980
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4 :
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES INRESPECT OFPRODUCTION AID
FOR OLIVE OIL FOR THE 1980 /81MARKETING YEAR
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM (80)511 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This draft Regulation lays down general rules inrespect ofproduction aid
forolive oil "forthe 1980 /81marketing year .
For thegreater part ,this draft Regulation re-states thegeneral rules
applicable inthis area forthe 1979 /8Qmarketing year ,although it
specifies thechecks which must becarried outbyproducer organizations
andbyMember States .Thus itisenvisaged that the checks will
relate more particularly tothestock records ofmills .
Itisalso envisaged tjhat ,asfrom the1981/82marketing year ,mills ,
will besubject toasystem ofapproval .

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
laying down general rules inrespect ofproduction aidfor
olive oilforthe 1980 /81marketing year
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THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No136/66/EECof22September 1966 on
theestablishment ofacommon organization ofthemarket inoils and
fats^\aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No1917/80^\andin
particular Articles 5(4 )and36thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Article 5ofRegulation No136/66/EECintroduced asystem ofproduction
aid forolive oil ;whereas ,forthe 1980 /81marketing year ,this aid is
granted onthebasis ofthequantity ofoilactually produced togrowers who
aremembers oftheorganizations specified byCouncil Regulation (EEC)
No /80of (3)while ,forother growers ,itisgranted onthe
basis ofthenumber andproduction potential ofolive trees andoftheyields
ofsuch trees ,asdetermined according toastandard method ,andprovided that
theolives produced have actually been harvested ;
Whereas ,since there exists noregister ofolive cultivation ,itisnot
possible todefine theproduction potential ofolive trees ;whereas ,
therefore ,pending the compilation ofsuch aregister ,itisappropriate
tocalculate aid forgrowers who arenotmembers ofaproducer organization
onthebasis oftheaverage yields ofolive trees ;
Whereas ,inorder toensure theproper functioning ofthesystem ofaid ,it
isnecessary todetermine thetypes ofolive oil inrespect ofwhich aid is
granted ;whereas ,inorder tosimplify theapplication ofthesystem of
aidwith regard toolive residue oil ,itshould beprovided that the
quantity ofoileligible foraidwill bedetermined asageneral rule on
thebasis oftheproduction ofpressed oil ; •
Whereas theaidinquestion isofconsiderable advantage tooilproducers
and represents afinancial burden ontheCommunity ;whereas ,in
order toguarantee that theaidwill begranted only inrespect ofoil
which mayqualify therefor >itisnecessary toprovide for asystem of
appropriate administrative checks ; - ,
(1)0JMo171,30.9 ,,1966 ,p.3025 /66,
(2)0JNoL186 /.19.7.1980 , .p.1.
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Whereas thecarrying outofsuch checks should initially bebased ona •
system ofcrop declarations ;
Whereas ,inorder tofacilitate checks ontheentitlement toaidonthepart of
members ofproducer organizations ,itshould beprovided that such
organizations should submit asingle crop declaration foralltheir
members ,after verification ofthedata relating totheholdings ofa
percentage tobedetermined oftheir members ;(whereas ,forthesame -
purpose ,they should submit asingle application foraid inrespect of
those oftheir members whohave produced oilover agiven period ;
whereas ,inorder toensure theproper functioning ofthesystem ofaid ,it
should bemade possible topay such organizations advances ontheaid as
soon astheapplication foraidhasbeen submitted ; \
Whereas ,inorder that theentitlement toaid ofmembers ofproducer
organizations maybechecked ,itisnecessary that thelatter should verify '
thequantities ofoil inrespect ofwhich aid isapplied forbyeach of
their members ,taking asabasis both their crop declaration and thestock
records ofmills ;
Whereas ,inorder toensure that thechecks areeffective ,itshould be
provided that thestock records ofmills should bekept inauniform manner ;
whereas ,forthesame purpose ,itisnecessary tosubject arepresentative
number ofmills tothechecks onproducer organizations ;
Whereas ,inorder toensure theproper functioning ofthesystem of v .
production aid ,itisplanned tosetupasystem ofapproval formills as
from the1981 /82marketing year ;whereas ,forthepurposes ofapproving
mills atthebeginning oftheaforementioned marketing year ,themills
concerned should fulfil anumber ofconditions during the 1980 /81marketing
year ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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Article 1
For the 1980 /81marketing year ,thegeneral rules laid down inthe
following Articles shall afrply forthegranting ofolive oilproduction
aid ,asreferred toinArticle 5ofRegulation No136/66/EEC .
Article 2
Production aid shall begranted inrespect ofolive oilmeeting the
specifications appearing inpoints 1and 4oftheAnnex toRegulation No
136/66/EEC .
■ Article 3
1.Each grower shall submit ,byadate tobespecified ,acrop declaration
showing :
particulars relating toolive trees grown andtheir location ,
adeclaration stating that hehasharvested theolives inthe
current marketing year ,
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details ofthepurpose forwhich theolives areintended .
Where growers aremembers ofaproducer organization asreferred toin
Article 1ofRegulation No /80,that organization shall submit a
single crop declaration forall itsmembers ,after checking thecrop
declaration ofapercentage tobedetermined ofgrowers who are
members oftheorganization .
'
Forthepurposes this Regulation ,"grower "shall mean any
producer ofolives intended fortheproduction ofoil .
Article 4
Production aidshall begranted onapplication byeach party concerned in
theMember State inwhich theoilhasbeen produced . ,
Inthecase ofgrowers who arenotmembers ofaproducer organization ,the
crop declaration submitted byeach oneofthem shall bedeemed tobe
equivalent toanapplication foraid .
Inthecase ofgrowers whoaremembers ofaproducer organization ,that
organization shall submit every month asingle application foraidforall
members whohave completed their oilproduction , provided that the
checks referred toinArticle 5have been carried out .Inthe case of
growers whoaremembers ofaproducer organization whohave sold their
production ofolives ,theapplication forproduction aidmaynotrelate to
thequantity ofoilproduced unless that quantity canactually bedetermined .

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Article 5
1.Before making outtheapplication foraid ,each producer organization
shall verify thequantity ofolive oilinrespect ofwhich aid is
applied forbyeach ofitsmembers .Forthepurposes ofsuch
verificationj theorganization shall check inparticular :
- that theproduction ofolives declared byeach grower ashaving
been pressed corresponds with theparticulars given onhiscrop
declaration ;
.that theparticulars supplied bygrowers relating tothe
quantities ofolives pressed andthequantities ofoilobtained
tallies with thequantities ofolives andoilstated inthestock
records ofmills . -
2.Where theparticulars referred tointhefirst indent ofparagraph 1
appear not totally ,theproducer organization shall require ,where
'!appropriate ,alinecessary supporting documents . K
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Ifanexamination ofsuch documents does notenable theproducer
organization toestablish thequantity ofolives produced ,thefile
relating tothegrower concerned shall beforwarded totheMember State .
Where theparticulars referred tointhesecond indent ofparagraph 1
appear not totally ,theproducer organization shall forward thegrowers
file tothe Member State .
Article 6
Theproducer Member State shall beauthorized topaytoproducer organizations ,
assoon astheapplication foraidhasbeen submitted ,anadvance not
exceeding 70%oftheamount ofaidapplied for .
Article 7
1.Each producer organization shall regularly check theactivity and •
stock records ofthemills indicated tothem bytheMember State
concerned .Themills shall bechosen bytheMember State concerned
andmust berepresentative ofthepressing capacity ofagiven
production zone .
Themills tobechecked shall bedivided upamong producer organizations
with account being taken oftheextent towhich their members arerepre­
sentative ofthetotal number ofgrowers whohave hadtheir olive production
pressed inthemills chosen .
2.Each producer organization shall inform theMember State concerned of
theresults ofthechecks referred tointhefirst paragraph .
Article 8
1.Each producer Member $tate shall setupasystem ofadministrative
checks ensuring that theproduct inrespect ofwhich aidisapplied
foriseligible forsuch aid . ,

2.Producer Member States shall verify theactivity ofeach producer
organization and ,inparticular ,thechecking operations carried out
pursuant toArticles 5and 7.
3.With regard totheolive oil referred toatpoint 1oftheAnnex to
Regulation No136/66/EEC andproduced bygrowers whoarenotmembers of
aproducer organization ,thecheck shall becarried outbyrandom
sampling onthespot ,andmust make itpossible toverify :
that thecrop declarations areaccurate ,
that theolive harvest hasbeen completed ,
that theolives harvested are tobeused fortheproduction of
oiland ,ifpossible ,that such olives have actually been
processed into oil .
4.The checks referred toinparagraph 3shall relate toapercentage of
growers tobedetermined / account being taken inparticular ofthe
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size ofholdings .
Article 9
Producer Member States shall require mills tokeep standardized stock
records meeting criteria tobelaid down .
TheMember States concerned shall verify that thestock records arekept in
conformity with thecriteria inquestion .
Article 10
1.Theproducer Member State shall determine thequantity ofolive oil
eligible foraidonthebasis oftheapplications submitted inaccordance
with theprovisions ofArticle 4.
2.TheMember State shall determine thequantity ofolive oileligible
foraid inthecase ofassociated producers whose files have been forwarded
toitbyproducer organizations inaccordance with theprovisions of
Article 5(2).
For this purpose ,itshall take account oftheolive andoilyields
fixed inaccordance with theprovisions ofArticle 11.
3. jjttiere thechecks referred toinArticles 7and 9donotenable the
figures appearing ,inthestock records ofamill tobeconfirmed ,the
Member State concerned ,without prejudice toanysanctions applicable
tothemill inquestion ,shall determine thequantity ofoileligible
foraidinthecase ofeach producer who isamember ofanorganization
which hashad itsolive production pressed inthemill inquestion .
4.Moreover ,with regard totheolive oilreferred toatpoint 4ofthe
Annex toRegulation No136/66/EEC ,thequantity eligible foraidshall
bedetermined onthebasis oftheoilproduction referred toatpoint
1ofthe said Annex .

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Article 11
Theolive andoilyields referred to' -inthesecond indent ofArticle 5(2)
ofRegulation No136/66/EEC shall befixed inrespect ofeach homogeneous
production zone onthebasis ofthefigures supplied byproducer Member
States by . atthe Latest .
I Article 12
Without prejudice to other criteria forapproval tobelaid down forthe
1981 /82marketing year ,each mill which hascarried outoperations during
the 1980 /81marketing year must ,inthecourse ofthat marketing year :
have kept stock records conforming tothecriteria tobespecified
pursuant toArticle 9,
have forwarded totheMember State by31December 1980 all'such information
aswill enable itspressing capacity tobedetermined ,
have undergone . thechecks provided for .in this Regulation .
Article 13
Member States shall communicate totheCommission themeasures which they
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envisage taking forthepurpose ofapplying this Regulation . >
Article 14
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing that of
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shallbefinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States.'
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Done at For the Council

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
o.te:18-.8-1980
BUOGST HEADING : 6310 APPROPRIATIONS :323mEUA
2.TITLE!DraftCouncilRegulation layingdowngeneralrulesinrespectofproduc­
tionaidforoliveoilforthe1980/81marketing year-
3.LEGALBASISArticle 36ofCouncilReaulation No136/66/EEC.
4.AIMSOFPROJECT :
Generalrulesgoverning theamdinistration ofproduction aidfor
oliveoilforthe1.980/81marketing year-
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS PERIODOf12MONTHS CURRENT FINANCIAL TEAR
< )FOLLOWING .FINANCIAL YEAR
I )
5.0EKPEMIT L'RE
-CAVÍÃN-Í 0THE"EU0GET'(»fibfjWINTERVENTIONS )
.-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONtakenentry takenentry takenentry
-OTHER
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OfTHEEC
,(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
-NATIONAL . '
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15.0.1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
15.1.1ESTIMATED RECEIPTS•
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3.2"CTKOOOFCALCULATION
6.0CANTHEPROJECT 9EFINANCED FROMAPPROPRIATIONS ENTERED INTHERELEVANT CHAPTER OFTHECURRENT BUDGET ?
YES/BH
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BSÍTSB
aesERvATic-.i :ThisdraftRegulation re-states therulesapplicable inthis
.matterduringtheprevious marketing yearbymakingcertainclarifications with
regardtothecheckstobecarried out-