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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSALFORAREGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
LAYINGDOWNGENERALRULESINRESPECTOPAIDFOR
THECONSUMPTION OPOLIVEOIL
PROPOSALFORAREGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
FIXINGFOR1978/79MARKETINGTEARTHEMARKETREPRESENTATIVE PRICE
ANDTHETHRESHOLD PRICEFOROLIVEOILANDTHEPERCENTAGE OFTHE
CONSUMPTION AIDREFERREDTOINARTICLE11(3)OPREGULATION 136/66/EEC.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM (78)536final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM '
Thepresentdraftsproposls forRegulations formpartoftherulesofapplication
oftheneworganization ofthemarketinoliveoiladoptedbytheCouncilon29June j
1978andwhichisduetoenterintoforceinthe1978/79marketing year.Thedrafts :
inquestion concern :
-consumption aid;
-themarketrepresentative price,thethreshold priceandthefixingofthepercen­
tageoftheconsumption aidtobeallocatedtomeasurestopromoteoliveoilconsump-j
tionintheCommunity . j.
Dra*tproposal foraCouncilRegulation layingdowngenialrulesforconsumption
aidforoliveoil
Thisdraftprovidesinparticular : j
-forthegranting ofconumption aidtoapprovedoliveoilprocessing undertakings ; i
i
-theintroduction ofasystemofcontroloftherighttotheaid; i
-thegrantingofasingleaidwhatevertheappellation oftheoilmadebythepro-!
cessingundertakings . j
•• • .Draftproposal foraCouncilRegulation fixingforthe1978/79marketing yearthe •
marketrepresentative priceandthethreshold priceforoliveoilandthepercentage _•
oftheconsumption aidreferredtoinArticle 11(3)ofRegulation Mo136/66/EEC \
1.Article 7ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1562/78providesthatthemarketrepre- j
sentative priceforoliveoilshouldbefixedatalevelenablingnormalsaleof |
theproduct,accountbeingtaken,interalia,ofthepricesofcompeting products,
andinparticular oftheirestimated changeduringthemarketing year.
2.Duringthepasttwooilmarketing years"it hasbeennotedthat,withapriceratio
of2,50:1betweenoliveoilandseedoils,oliveoilconsumption hascontinued j
todecline.Furthermore ,theCommission isawareofthefactthattoattainone I
oftheprincipalobjectivesofthenewcommonorganization ofthemarket.inthis "*j
sector(recoveryofconsumption),therelationship betweenthepriceofoliveoil j
andthatofseedoilsmustbeadjusted sothatthemarketrepresentative price =
isatalevelwhichwillpermitsuchrecovery. j
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3.Nonetheless ,inviewoftheproblems Whichmayarisefromtheimplementation ,during ;
the1978/79marketingyear,ofthenewcommonorganization ofthemarketinthis j
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sector,inparticular thesetting-up ofthejointtradebodyresponsible formana­
gingtheconsumption aid,theCommission hasproposedreduoinfheproportionof j
■ . t
thisaidallocated directlyforconsumption toalevelwhichwillavoidasfar

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aspossibleanydistortionofthenewsystem,withouttherebyappreciablyaffec­
tingtheobjectives ..
ForthisreasontheCommissionproposesfixingthemarketrepresentative priceat
130u.a.andretaining50%oftheconsumptionaidforthepurposeofinforma­
tionmeasurespursuanttotheprovisionsofArticle11(3)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1562/78.
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4.Positiveinitialexperienceinapplyingtheprovisionsgoverningconsumptionaid,
inparticularasregardsthemeansofcontrollingthisaid,isintheCommission's
opinionadvisable,indeqlnecessary,inordertoenablethedirectconsumptionaid
to,befixedsubsequently atalevelwhichwouldhaveadefiniteimpactonthe
priceofoliveoiland,consequently,ontherecoveryofconsumption ofthispro­
duct. *
5.Theapplication ofthecriteriaprovidedforinArticle9ofReglation (EEC)
No1562/78meansthatthethresholdpriceisfixedattheproposedlevel.
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, proposal fora
RESULATION (EEC?" OFTHECOUNCIL
layingdowngeneralrulesinrespectofaidfortheconsumption ofoliveoil
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having -regardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community, l
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No136/66/EECof22September 1966ontheestablish
(1)mentofacommonorganization ofthemarket.inoilsandfats,aslastamended by
(2)Regulation (EEC)No1562/78,andinparticular Article 11(4)thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle 11ofRegulation No136/66/EECsetupasystemofaidfortheconsump­
tionofoliveoilproduced andmarketed intheCommunity;
Whereas,ifthesystemofconsumption aidistoachieveitspurpose,theaidshouldbe
grantedatastageascloseaspossible totheconsumer;whereasthemostappropriate
stageisthatoftheoliveoilpackaging plant;
Whereas,toensureproperadministration oftheaidsystem,theaidshouldbegranted
onlytopackaging plantswithaminimumproduction capacity Bndmeetingcertainrequi­
rementsinrespectofsupervision ;
Whereas,toensureproperoperation oftheaidsystem,theaidshouldbegrantedonly
inrespectoftypesofoliveoilpackagedforhumanconsumption ;whereas,tofacilitate
supervision ofthesystem,asingleamountofaidshouldbefixedforalltypesofoil;
Whereas asystemofchecksshouldbesetuptoensurethattheoilwhichleaves
thepackaging plantandinrespectofwhichaidhasbeenappliedforqualifies for
suchaid;-whereas,hove/er,provisions shouldbemadeforaidtobeadvanced assoon
astheaidapplication hasbeensubmitted,providedthatsufficient security hasbeen
given;
Whereas,inordertoachieveitsaim,thesystemofcheclismustalsoapplytooliveoil
imported,eitherpackaged orinbulk,fromnon-member countries;whereas,tofacilitate
theapplication ofthissystem,provision shouldbemadeforthelodgingofasecurity,
whichwillbereleased oncetheoilhasbeenpackagedforhumanconsumption ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
(1)OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66
(2)OJNoL185,7.7.1978,p.1

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Article 1
TheconsumptionaidforoliveoilreferredtoinArticle11ofRegulation No136/66/EEC
shallbegrantedonlytoapprovedoliveoilpackagingplants.
Article2
1.TheapprovalreferredtoinArticle1shallbegrantedbythecompetentbodydesi­
gnatedbytheMemberStateconcernedonlytoundertakings which:
(a)meettherequirements setforpackagingplantsbytheMemberState;
(b)haveacertainminimumpackagingcapacity,whichistobedetermined;
(c)keepstockrecordsaccordingtorulestobedetermined;
(d)agreetoundergoanycheckslaiddownforthepurposesoftheapplicationof
theajdsystem.
2.Afterapproval,thepackagingplantshallbeassignedanumber.Thisnumbershall
appearonthepackagings.
Article3
Notwithstanding anypenaltiesimposedbytheMemberStates,theapprovalreferredto
inArticle2shallbewithdrawn :
(a)iftheconditionsforapprovallaiddowninArticle2arenolongermet;
(b)ifthepackagingplantobtainedapprovalbyfraud.
Incase(b),withdrawalofapprovalshallhavearetro-activeeffectandany
consumptionaidalreadygrantedshallberecovered.
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Article4
1.tonsumptionaidshallbegrantedinrespectofoliveoilproducedintheCommunity
which
(a)meetsthedefinitionssetoutinpoints1(a),(b)and<c),2,3,5and6ofthe
AnnextoRegulation No136/66/EEC,
(b)isputupinpackageshavingamaximumnetcontenttobedeterminedandbearing
thenumberreferredtoinArticle2<2>,and
(c)isplacedonthemarketintheCommunity#
2.Theamountofconsumptionaidper100kgnetofoliveoilshallbethesameregard­
lessofthetypeofoliveoilqualifyingtherefor.
Articte5
Entitlementtoconsumptionaidshallbeacquiredwhentheoliveoilleavesthepacka­
gingplantinapackagemeetingtherequirementsofArticle4(1)/(b).

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Article6
1.Theaidshallbegranted,onapplication bythepartyconcerned,intheMemberState
.inwhichtheoilwaspackagedinaccordancewithArticle4(1)(b).
2.Theapplicationforaidmustbesubmittedwithinatimelimittobefixedandmust
refertoaminimumquartitywhichleftthepackagingplantwithinareferenceperiod.
Article7
TheMemberStatesshallintroduceasystemofsupervisiontoensurethattheproduct-in
respectofwhichaidhasbeenappliedforqualifiestherefor.
Inparticular,checksmustbemadetoascertainwhethertheamountofoliveoilin
respectofwhichaidhasbeenappliedforcorrespondsto
(a)theamountofoliveoilofCommunityoriginwhichenteredthepackagingplant,
(b)theactualamountofoliveoilofCommunityoriginwhichlefttheplantafter
beingpackagedinaccordancewithArticle4(1)(b)andwhichwasplacedonthe
marketintheCommunity.
Article8
Theaidshallbepaidwhenthebodydesignatedasresponsiblefor,supervision inthe
MemberStatewherepackagingtakesplacehascheckedthattheconditionsforthegran­
tingof"theaidhavebeensatisfied.
Theaidmay,however,beadvancedassoonastheaidapplicationissubmitted,provided
thatsufficientsecurityhasbeengiven.
Article9
1.Allimportsofoliveoil,whetherinbulkorinimmediatepackagesofanetcapacity
tobedetermined/shallbesubjecttoasystemofsupervisionuntiltheyhavebeen
renderedunfittoqualifyforaid, . '
2.Suchsupervisionshallincludethelodgingofasecurityincashorintheformofa
certifiedchequeinanamountequalto"thepartoftheconsumptionaidpaidtothe
packagingplants.
Thissecurityshallbereleasedassoonasthepartyconcernedprovidesproofthat
theimportedoil
-hasbeenpackagedinamordancewithArticle4(1)(b)andhasleftthepackaging
plant;
-hasbeenusedforcertainpurposestobedetermined.

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Thesecurityshallalsobereleasedwheretheimportedoilhasbeensenttoanother
MemberStateinbulkorinimmediatepackagingthenetcapacityofwhichexceedsaquan­
titytobedetermined.
Inthiscase/theentryoftheoilintotheMemberStateofdesintationshallbesubject
tothelodgingofthesecuritymentionedabove.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon.1.Jiecember1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates. i
Doneat FortheCounil

Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC) OFTHECOUNCIL ''
fixingforthe1978/79marketing yearthemarketrepresentative priceandthethreshold .
priceforoliveoilandthepercentage oftheconsumption aidreferred toinArticle
11(3)ofRegulation No136/66/EEC
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,, -.-
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community;iand;inparti-^
cularArticle 43thereof, -
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No136/66/EECof22September 1966.ontheestablish -?
(1)mentofacommonorganisation ofthemarketinoilsandfats,'aslastamended by
(2) .. ..Regulation (EEC)No1562/78.,andinparticular thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle
4(4)andArticle 11(3)thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission,
Whereastherepresentative marketpriceshouldbefixedinaccordance withthecriteria
laiddowninArticles 7and10ofRegulation No136/66/EEC;
Whereasitfollows fromtheapplication ofthesecriteriathattherepresentative market
priceshouldbefixedatthelevelgivenbelow;
WhereasunderArticle 11(3)ofRegulation No136/66/EECacertainpercentage ofthe
consumption aidshouldbeusedeachmarketing yeartofinancemeasurestopromotethe
consumption ofoliveoilintheCommunity ;whereasthispercentage shouldbe.fixedfor .
the1978/79marketing year;
Whereasthethreshold priceshouldbefixedinsushawaythatthesellingpriceforthe
imported productatthefrontier crossingpointfixedinapplication vfArticle 9of
Regulation No136/66/EECisthesameastherepresentative marketprice,,account -being
takenoftheeffectofthemeasures referred tointheabovementioned Article 11(3);•
Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplication ofthesecriteria thatthethreshold price r
shouldbefixedatthelevelgivenbelow,«
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : ', •
(1)0JNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66
(2)0JNoL185,7.7.1978,p.1

Article 1
Forthe1978/79marketingyeartherepresentative marketpriceandthe
thresholdpriceforoliveoilshallbeasfollows:
(a)representative marketprice:130unitsofaccountper100kilograms
(b)thresholdprice: 136,22unitsofaccountper100kilograms
Article2
Forthe1978/79marketingyearthepercentageoftheconsumption aidto
beallocatedfcrthemeasuresreferredtoinArticle11(3)ofRegulation No
136/66/EECisfixedat50
/Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceoniDecember 1978»
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatiFortheCouncil