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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down 
special measures in respect of olive oil 
COM(88) 461 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 23 September 1988) 
(88/C 258/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (1) of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2262/84 (l), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 3462/87 (2), producer Member States 
must set up agencies for the purpose of carrying out 
certain checks and duties in connection with the olive oil 
production aid scheme; whereas, in accordance with 
Article 1 (5) of the said Regulation, the Council, acting 
on a proposal from the Commission, must adopt before 
1 January 1989 the method for financing the agencies' 
expenditure as from the 1989/90 marketing year; 
Whereas, taking account of the important role that these 
agencies can play in ensuring that the production aid 
arrangements are applied correctly and in a uniform 
manner, provision should be made for a method of 
financing their expenditure which enables them to 
operate smoothly and efficiently within the framework of 
administrative autonomy provided for in the Regulation; 
whereas that objective can be achieved via a method 
which combines Community financing and financing by 
the Member State; 
Whereas the agencies in the four producer Member 
States concerned are not in an identical situation; 
whereas administrative and legal difficulties have resulted 
(') OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 11. 
(2) OJ No L 329, 20. 11. 1987, p. 2. in delays in the setting-up and/or operation of the 
agencies in certain Member States; whereas those 
Member States did not make effective use of the 
maximum amounts which were earmarked for them 
during the initial phase, when expenditure was fully 
chargeable to the Community; whereas the period 
covered by the said phase should therefore be extended 
by one year without increasing the maximum amounts 
already allocated unter the existing rules, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 1 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 is 
replaced by the following: 
'Over a period of five years from 1 November 1984, 
the following percentages of the agency's actual 
expenditure shall be chargeable to the general budget 
of the European Communities: 
— in the case of Italy, 100 % for the first three 
years, up to a maximum of 14 million ECU, and 
50 % for the fourth and fifth years, 
— in the case of Greece, 100 % up to a maximum of 
7 million ECU. 
Over a period of three years from 1 November 1989, 
50 % of the actual expenditure of the Italian and the 
Greek agencies shall be chargeable to the general 
budget of the European Communities. 
In the case of Spain and Portugal, 100 % of the 
agency's actual expenditure during the period from 1 
March 1986 to 31 October 1990 shall be covered by 
the general budget of the European Communities up 
to a maximum of 9,3 million ECU for Spain and 4,7 
million ECU for Portugal. During the period from 1 
November 1990 to 31 October 1992, 50% of the 
expenditure in question shall be covered by the said 
budget. 
Member States may, under conditions to be 
determined in accordance with the procedure 
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provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation No 
136/66/EEC (*) cover part of the expenditure to be 
borne by them by a deduction from the Community 
aid granted for olive oil. 
The Council, acting by qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission, shall adopt by 1 
(*) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. January 1992 the method for financing the expen­
diture in question as from the 1992/93 marketing year.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.