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the average price of olive oil valid in production 
areas; 
Whereas, to ensure orderly marketing of the produc­
tion, in view of the prospects for production and 
consumption, it is sufficient to provide for seven 
increases for olive oil, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1984/85 marketing year, the amount of the 
monthly increases referred to in Article 10 of Regu-
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation No 136/ 
66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment 
of a common organization of the market in oils and 
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
1413/82 (2), introduced a system of production aid 
for olive oil; whereas this aid is granted, on the basis 
of the quantity of oil actually produced, to growers 
who are members of a producers' organization 
while, for other growers, it is granted on the basis of 
the number and production potential of olive trees lation No 136/66/EEC and applicable for seven 
months with effect from 1 January 1985 shall be 1,79 
ECU per 100 kilograms. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following its publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 November 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
and of the yields of such trees, as determined 
according to a standard method; 
Whereas experience has shown that the number of 
persons qualifying for the aid and the number of 
checks to be carried out prior to the granting thereof 
are very large, resulting in a substantial amount of 
control work; whereas, therefore, for reasons of 
sound administrative management, provision 
should be made for granting the production aid to 
small producers on a flat-rate basis; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 5 (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC is 
hereby replaced by the following: 
'2. The aid shall be granted: 
— to growers who are members of a producer 
group recognized pursuant to this Regula­
tion, whose production averages at least 100 
kilograms of olive oil per marketing year, 
on the basis of the quantity of oil actually 
produced by them; Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the 
establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats 
(84/C 62/13) 
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. 
(2) OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 6. — to other growers, on the basis of the number 
and production potential of the olive trees 
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cultivated by them and of the yields of such 
trees, as determined according to a standard 
method, and provided that the olives pro­
duced have actually been harvested. 
The aid shall be granted only in respect of areas 
planted with olive trees at 31 October 1978 and 
in Greece at 1 January 1981.' Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following 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. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the target prices and intervention prices for 
colza, rape and sunflower seed for the 1984/85 marketing year 
(84/C 62/14) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/ 
EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of 
a common organization of the market in oils and 
fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
. .., and in particular Article 22 (4) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas, when the target prices and intervention 
prices for colza, rape and sunflower seed are fixed, 
account should be taken of the objectives of the 
common agricultural policy and of the contribution 
which the Community desires to make to the har­
monious development of world trade; whereas the 
objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in 
particular, to ensure a fair standard of living for the 
agricultural Community, to ensure that supplies are 
available and that they reach consumers at reasona­
ble prices; 
Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in 
accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 24 
(1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC; Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1593/83 (2), if Community produc­
tion of colza and rape seed recordecHn accordance 
with Article 24a of Regulation No 136/66/EEC 
exceeds a guarantee threshold, there is to be a 1 % 
reduction in the 1984/85 target and intervention 
prices for every 50 000 tonnes in excess of the guar­
antee threshold, up to a maximum of 5 %; whereas 
Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1593/83 fixes 
the guarantee threshold for the 1983/84 marketing 
year at 2 290 000 tonnes; whereas the actual average 
production recorded over the past three marketing 
years is 2 411 870 tonnes; whereas the target and 
intervention prices for the products in question 
should therefore be reduced by 2 % for the 1984/85 
marketing year; 
Whereas, in accordance with these criteria, the target 
and intervention prices should be fixed at a lower 
level, in the case of colza and rape seed and, in the 
case of sunflower seed, at a higher level than that 
adopted for the preceding marketing year; 
Whereas the prices of colza, rape and sunflower 
seed must be fixed for specific standard qualities; 
whereas the latter should be laid down in relation to 
the average qualities of the seeds harvested in the 
Community; whereas, for colza and rape seed, the 
quality laid down for the 1983/84 marketing year 
meets these requirements and can accordingly be 
used for the following marketing year; whereas, 
experience has for some time shown the oil content 
of sunflower seed to be well below 40 %; whereas an 
adjustment as regards the oil content of sunflower 
seed of the standard quality is therefore required, 
(i) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 43.