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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)176 final.
Brussels ,24April 1978
Amendments tothe
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION
amending Regulation LTo136/66/EEC ontheestablishment t
ofacommon organization ofthe market inoils and fats
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission pursuant
tothe second paragraph ofArticle 149of "the ESCTreaty )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Atpoint5oftheExplanatory Memorandumaccompanying theproposalforaCouncilRegu­
lationamendingRegulation No136/66/EEContheestablishment ofacommonorganization
ofthemarketinoilsandfats,theCommissionstateditsintentionofconsultingthe
■authoritiesofthetwocountriesprincipally concernedwitholiveoil,Italyand
France.
Asaresultoftheseconsultations andofthediscussiondevotedtotheproposalinthe
CouncilofMinistersandEuropeanParliament,itappearsadvisabletomakechangesaffec
tingtwoofthemainaspectsoftheinitialproposal,i.e.theproductionaidarrange­
mentsandtheconsumption aidarrangements andtointroducecertainnexprovisions de­
signedtohelptheasternworksatisfactorily .
A.Amendments
1.Production aid
Undertheinitialproposalallproducerswhethermembersofaproducergroupor
notweretobepaidaproductionaidfixedbytheCouncil,thefinalamountof
whichwoulddependonthenumber,productionpotentialandoliveandoilyielcfcof
thetrees,theseyieldsbeingfixedatflatrates.^
Thisstandardisation oftheproductionaidisnecessitated bythedifficulty
thathasbeenfouundincheckingthequantitiesofoilactuallyproduced.However
inviewoftheguarantees whichtheproducergroupsaregivingoftheirability
tochecktheirmember'sproductionfigurestheaidfrogrowerswhoaremembers
ofthesegroupscanbegrantedonthebasisofthequantitiesactuallyproduced
andtheflat-rateamountreservedforgrowerswhoarenotmembersofagroup.
2.Consumption aid
Intheiritialproposalthiswasequalatthemaximumtothedifference between
theproductiontargetpricelesstheproductionaidandthemarkettargetprice.
Itisnowproposedthatthisconsumptionaidshouldbeincreasedbyrevisingthe
markettargetpricedownwards,thisrevisiontobemadeonlyonceperseason.
Itisalsointendedthattheconsumptionaidbereducediftheaverageprices
recordedattheprincipalcommunitymarketingcentresarehigherthanthetarget
price.
jRevisionoftheconsumptionaidupwardsbychangingthemarkettargetpriceis
amatterfortheCouncil.Anyreductioncanbemadeasoftenasnecessarythrouth
theManagement Committeeprocedure.
Discussionswiththevariousauthorities havemadeitclearthatforthemarke­
tingaid^fitemtoworkwelltheoperatorswillhavetoknowinadvancewhat
amountofaidtheywillbepaidandanychangeintheconsumptionaidwillhave
tobeaccompanied byachangeinthepricelevelofimportedoilinorderto

maintain the balance between the two and consequantly maintain preference for
the Community product .
Ithas also seemed advisable tomake itpossible tochange the level ofthe
consumption aid more than once por season ,inaccordance with precise criteria set
bythe Council .Lastly forthe sake ofefficienty the s>stem should bemade more
flexible byusing asimpler procedure tomake the abovementioned changes than
that originally envisaged .
New provisions
1.Inorder toensure efficient management ofthe consumption aid Member States
which entrust this toatrade organisation under their control should beable to
authorise the organization tolevy afee from the recipients ofthe aid tocover
running costs .
2.Itisplanned that the Member States should take the necessary measures required
toensure that theobligations inconnection with the production and consumption
aid schemes are respected .
3.Itisalso provided that when aproducer group does not meet all ofitsobliga­
tions its recognized status will bewithdrawn .

Amendments totheproposal foraCouncil ftegulation amending Regulation No136/66/EEC
ontheestablishment ofacommon organization ofthemarket inoils andfats
1Articles 4,5,9,11and20carereplaced bythefollowing Articles :
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Article 4
,1.Thefollowing shall befixed each year forthe Community :
(a)before 1August forthemarketing year beginning thefollowing year :
aproduction target price andanintervention price forolive oil;
(b)before 1October forthefollowing marketing year :arepresentative market
price and athreshold price forolive oil.
However ,when there isamarked change during the marketing year inthe factors
which were used todetermine therepresentative market price forolive oil,itmay
bedecided ,inaccordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 38,tochange
therepresentative market price andthethreshold price during the marketing year .
2.These prices shall befixed atthewholesale stage for astandard quality ofoil
answering oneofthedescriptions inthe Annex .
3.Theolive oilmarketing year shall begin on 1November andshall end on31October
ofthe following year
4.Theprices referred toinparagraph 1(a)andthestandard quality referred toin
paragraph 2shall beadopted inaccordance with theprocedure laid down in
Article 43(2)ofthe Treaty .
Theprices referred toinparagraph 1(b)shaU.be adopted bythe Council acting
byaqualified majority onaproposal from the Commission .The same procedure shall
beused foradopting thegeneral rules ofapplication ofthelast sub-peragraph
ofparagraph 1. V
Article 5
1.Aid fortheproduction ofolive oil shall beintroduced .This aid,uniform in
amount throughout the Community ,shall befixed anncdly before 1August forthe
marketing year commencing the following year,inaccordance with theprocedure
I laid down inArticle 43(2)ofthe Treaty .Theaid,which isdesigned tocontri -
I bute towards theestablishment ofafair income forproducers ,shall befixed
taking account oftheeffect ofthe consumption aidreferred toinArticle 11
onapart oftheproduction only .
2.Theaidshall begranted :
-toindividual growers,on thebasis ofthe number andproduction "potential
oftheolive trees which theycultivate andoftheir yields asfixed according
toaflat rate ;

2
-togrowers whoarememebers ofaproducer group recognized under Regulation
(EEC)No..../78,onthebasis ofthequantity ofoilactually produced by
them .
Theaidshall however begranted only inrespect ofareas planted with olive trees
atthe date ofentry into force ofthis Regulation .Further the aidshall be
granted toindividual growers only iftheolives produced have been actually harveied
3.Recognized producer groups mayassist inestablishing theproduction potential
andyields referred tointheprevious paragraph .
4.The Council ,acting byaqualified majority ona^proposalfrom the Commission ,shall
adopt the rules of application ofthis Article .
Inaccordance with the same procedure /the Council may decide toallocate a
percentage tobedetermined ofthe production aid earmarked forall orsome
producers tothe financing ofregional measures toimprove thequality ofolive 
production .
5.Detailed rules of application ofthis Article shall beadopted inaccordance
with theprocedure laid down inArticle 38Bnd where appropriate inaccordance
with the procedure laid down inArticle 13ofRegulation (EEC)No729/70.
Article 9
Thethreshold price shfcll befixed insuch awaythat theselling price forthe
imported product ataCommunity frontier crossing point shall bethe same asthe
representative market price ,dueaccount being taken oftheeffects ofthe measures
referred toinArticle 11(3).Such frontier crossing point shall bedetermined in
accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 38.
Article 11
1.Where theproduction target price less theproduction aid exceeds than the
representative market price forolive oil,aconsumption aidshall begranted for
olive oil produced inthe Community .Theaidshall beequal tothedifference
between these two amounts .
2.When atrade organization under thecontrol ofthe Member State concerned is
entrusted with themanagement oftheconsumption aidarrangements ,theMember !
State inquestion mayauthorize such body tolevy from therecipients oftheaid
afeetocover theexpenses incurred inmanaging such arrangements .
3.TheCouncil ,acting byaqualified majority onaproposal from theCommission ,
shall decide each year before 1October forthefollowing marketing year
percentage oftheconsumption aid which 1stobeallocated topublicity campaigns
designed tokeep consumption ofolive oilintheCommunity atacertain level .

4.The Council ,acting byaqualified majority onaproposal from the Commission ,
shall adopt therules ofapplication ofthis Article and inparticular those
relating totheverification ofeligibility foraid;such verification shall
inprinciple relate both toolive oilproduced inthe Community andtoolive oil
imported from non-member countries .-
5.Detailed rules of application ofthis Article shall beadopted inaccordance
with the procedure laid down inArticle 38and where appropriate inaccordance
with theprocedure laid down inArticle 13ofRegulation (EEC)No729/70.
Article 20c
1.Intheolive oilsector ,the producer groups provided for byCouncil Regulation
(EEC)No,.../ 78of ,shall ,in.order toberecognized ,inaddition to
satisfying the conditions laid down bythe said Regulation :
-beable toverify theactual production ,oftheir members ,
-beauthorized tosubmit asingle application foralltheir producer members ,
-beauthorized toreceive theaid and paytoeach member his share .
Recognition ofaproducer group shall bewithdrawn ifthe conditions for reco­
gnition referred toabove have not been orare nolonger satisfied .
The following Article 11(a )isadded totheproposal for aRegulation .
Article 11
Member States shall take the necessary measures toprovide forsanctions inthe
case ofbreaches oftheaid arrangements laid down inArticles 5and 11.
Member States shall communicate tothe Commission themeasures provided for
intheprevious paragraph ,immediately that they areadopted .