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SL    SL  KOMISIJA EVROP SKIH SKUPNOSTI 
Bruselj, 14.10.2004 
KOM(2004) 665 kon čno 
2004/0236 (ACC)   
Predlog za 
SKLEP SVETA 
o vzpostavitvi stališ ča Skupnosti glede podaljšanja Mednarodnega sporazuma  
o oljčnem olju in namiznih olivah, 1986 
(predložena s strani Komisije) 
 
SL 2   SL OBRAZLOŽITVENI MEMORANDUM  
1. The International Agreement on Olive Oi l and Table Olives of 1986, of which the 
Community is a member, entered into force on 1 July 1986. It was amended in 1993 and its application prolonged to 1998. It ha s been extended for further periods until 
31 December 2004, when. it will expire. However, under Article 61 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Ta ble Olives of 1986 and Article 9 of the 
Protocol amending and extending the Agreem ent, the Internati onal Olive Oil Council 
(IOOC) may decide either to prolong the Agreement for successive periods not 
exceeding two years on each occasion or to put an end to that Agreement. 
2. The IOOC members are now negotiating a new Agreement. However, it is not yet 
clear if consensus of all current IOOC members on the new text will be achieved 
before expiry of the existi ng Agreement. On the other hand, there is not yet consensus 
of IOOC members on the adoption of a pack age of measures propos ed by the EC and 
intended to finally solve management problems  identified at the Secretariat of this 
organization. A decision in the course of its 91st session to  either prolong the 
Agreement for a further period of one year , until 31 December 2005, or to put an end 
to this Agreement will have theref ore to take place in December 2004. 
3. The budgetary implications are as follows: 
The European Community participation shar e pertaining to the IOOC Administrative 
Budget amounts to 750/1000, i.e. 75 %, which is paid under budget-item 05 06 01. 
The Community share of the IOOC-budget for 2004 as foreseen in the Draft General 
Budget of the European Commission for the financial year 2004 has been estimated at 
€ 3 923 000. Starting from the assumption of an increase of a maximum of 4 % for 
the year 2005 the Community share could,  at the most, increase to € 4 080 000 for 
that financial year. 
Moreover, the Agreement foresees an oblig atory contribution of € 500 000/year to the 
Promotion Fund to be paid under budget line 05 08 05. The European Community 
share is 802.8/1000, i.e. 80.28 % and, theref ore, amounts to € 401 400/year. This 
amount is fixed and will stay the same for the years 2004 and 2005. 
4. The purpose of this proposal is to au thorise the Commission on behalf of the 
Community to either vote in favour of  the prolongation of the Agreement until 
31 December 2005 if IOOC Members achieve consensus on the need to sufficiently improve the functioning of the IOOC Secretariat or to reject  further extensions of the 
current Agreement, pending the results of ongoing negotiati ons on both a new 
Agreement and a package of management  measures proposed by the EC. The 
Commission does, however, reserve the right to alter this proposal  once these results 
are available. 
 
SL 3   SL 2004/0236 (ACC) 
Predlog za 
SKLEP SVETA 
o vzpostavitvi stališ ča Skupnosti glede podaljšanj a Mednarodnega sporazuma  
o oljčnem olju in namiznih olivah, 1986 
SVET EVROPSKE UNIJE JE – 
ob upoštevanju Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske skupnosti in zlasti člena 133, v povezavi z 
drugim pododstavkom člena 300(2) Pogodbe, 
ob upoštevanju predloga Komisije , 
ob upoštevanju naslednjega: (1) Mednarodni sporazum o olj čnem olju in namiznih olivah, 1986 (v nadaljnjem besedilu 
Sporazum) je Skupnost sklenila s Sklepom Sveta 87/401/EGS
1, spremenjenim s 
Sklepom Sveta 93/622/ES leta 19932. Pozneje je bil podaljšan za dodatno obdobje dveh 
let in velja do 31. decembra 2004, razen če se Mednarodni svet za olj čno olje (v 
nadaljnjem besedilu IOOC) odlo či za daljše obdobje podaljšan ja ali se sklene nov 
sporazum pred tem datumom. 
(2) Glavni cilji Sporazuma so sp odbujati mednarodno sodelovanje na podro čju 
pridelovanja olj čnega olja in namiznih oliv, spodbujati porabo olj čnih proizvodov v 
tretjih državah in uskladiti kriterije za kakovost olj čnih proizvodov med svojimi člani. 
Zato je podaljšanje Sporazuma ali sklenitev novega sporazuma lahko v interesu Skupnosti, če se kot zaklju ček tekočih pogajanj lahko zagotovi pravilno vodenje 
Sekretariata IOOC. 
(3) Člani IOOC se trenutno pogajajo o bese dilu novega sporazuma, ki bi nadomestil 
obstoječi sporazum in isto časno o sprejetju razli čnih ukrepov z namenom zagotovitve 
pravilnega delovanja Izvrš ilnega sekretariata IOOC. 
(4) Tako pogajanja o novem sporazumu kot tudi ukrepi, usmerj eni v zagotovitev 
pravilnega delovanja Izvršilnega sekretar iata, potekajo vzporedno, zato bi lahko nastal 
položaj, v katerem bi bili pripravljeni za sprejetje samo zadnji ukrepi, medtem ko bi se pogajanja o novem sporazumu nadaljevala še po izteku veljavnosti sedanjega 
sporazuma. 
(5) Komisija, ki v IOOC predstavlja Skupnost, bi zato morala biti pooblaš čena, da se 
izreče za podaljšanje ali zavrnitev nadaljnje ga podaljšanja sedanjega sporazuma – 
                                                
 
1 UL L 214, 4.8.1987, str. 1. 
2 UL L 298, 3.12.1993, str. 36. 
 
SL 4   SL SKLENIL: 
Edini člen 
Komisija je glede na izide pogajanj v teku med člani Mednarodnega sveta za olj čno olje, 
ustanovljenega s Sporazumom, pooblaš čena, da v imenu Evropske skupnosti izrazi naslednja 
stališča:  
a) ali je za podaljšanje Sporazuma za obdobje enega leta do 31. decembra 2005, ob 
upoštevanju možnosti izboljšanja orga nizacije in vodenj a Sekretariata, 
b) ali je proti novemu  podaljšanju Sporazuma. 
V Bruslju, 
 Za Svet 
 Predsednik 
 
SL 5   SL LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT  
Policy areas: Agriculture and Rural Development 
Activities: External Relations (05 06 01 – ex B 7-8210) and Policy Strategy and 
Coordination of Policy area "Agriculture " (05 08 05 – ex B 1-3811) 
 
TITLE OF ACTION : INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES , 1986  
(05 06 01  –EX B 7-8210);  PROMOTION MEASURES (05 08 05  – EX B 1-3811) 
1. BUDGET  LINES  + HEADINGS 
05 06 01 (ex B 7-8210): Internationa l Agricultural Agreements  
05 08 05 (ex B 1-3811): Promotion measur es/Direct payment by the European 
Community 
2. OVERALL  FIGURES 
2.1. Total allocation for action (Part B): € million for commitment 
(a) 2004: 
€ 3.923 (budget-line 05 06 01 –ex B 7-8210)  
€ 0.401 (budget-line 05 08 05 -ex B 1-3811) 
(b) 2005: 
€ 4.320 (budget-line 05 06 01 -ex B 7-8210)  
€ 0.401 (budget-line 05 08 05 -ex B 1-3811) 
2.2. Period of application 
Calendar year 2005 
2.3. Overall multi-annual estimate of expenditure 
(a) Schedule of commitment appropriati ons/payment appropria tions (financial 
intervention)  
 EUR million  (to three decimal places) 
 2004  2005  Total 
Commitments € 3.923 (05 06 01) 
€ 0.401 (05 08 05) € 4.320 (05 06 01) 
€ 0.401 (05 08 05) € 8.243 (05 06 01) 
€ 0.803 (05 08 05) 
Payments € 3.923 (05 06 01) 
€ 0.401 (05 08 05) € 4.320 (05 06 01) 
€ 0.401 (05 08 05) € 8.243 (05 06 01) 
€ 0.803 (05 08 05) 
(b) Technical and administrative a ssistance and support expenditure 
Commitments N/A N/A N/A 
Payments N/A N/A N/A 
 
SL 6   SL 2.4. Compatibility with financial progr amming and financial perspective 
X Proposal is compatible with existing financial programming. 
3. BUDGET  CHARACTERISTICS  (WITH REGARD TO BUDGET -LINE 05 06 01) 
Type of 
expenditure New EFTA 
contribution Contributions from 
applicant countries Heading in financial 
perspective 
Comp Diff NO NO NO No 4 
External Relations  
 BUDGET  CHARACTERISTICS  (WITH REGARD TO BUDGET -LINE 05 08 05) 
Type of 
expenditure New EFTA 
contribution Contributions from 
applicant countries Heading in financial 
perspective 
Comp  Non-diff  NO NO NO No 1a 
Agric. Expenditure 
4. LEGAL  BASIS 
Article 133 in conjunction with  the second paragraph of Ar ticle 300(2) of the Treaty 
establishing the European Community 
5. DESCRIPTION  AND  GROUNDS 
5.1. Need for Community intervention 
5.1.1. Objectives pursued 
Due to its economic importance in the agri cultural sector the Community should be 
represented in international agricultural orga nisations. Being a member  of the International 
Olive Oil Council, in particular , enables the Community to pur sue the developments of the 
markets for olive oil and table olives and, thus, to defend its interest with regard to these 
products. The International Agreement on O live Oil and Table Ol ives 1986 supports 
international co-operation and contributes to th e development and the st ability of the markets 
for these products. 
5.1.2. Measures taken in connection with ex ante  evaluation  
N/A 
5.1.3. Measures taken following ex post  evaluation 
N/A 
5.2. Action envisaged and budget intervention arrangements 
The Community pays its annual membership c ontribution as fixed in accordance with the 
International Agreement and the obligatory cont ribution to the Promotion Fund of the IOOC 
as fixed in the International Ag reement. These obligations con tinue as long as the Community 
is a signatory of the International Agreement. 
 
SL 7   SL The Commission, representing the Community, as  well as the other members of the IOOC 
participates actively in the IOOC-activities an d profits fully of the advantages of being a 
member of the IOOC. 
6. FINANCIAL  IMPACT 
6.1. Total financial impact on Part B - (over the entire pr ogramming period) 
6.1.1. Financial intervention 
Commitments ( in EUR million to three decimal places ) 
Breakdown 2004  2005  Total 
Action 1 (05 06 01) € 3.923 € 4.320 € 8.243 
Action 2 (B 1-3811) € 0.401 € 0.401 € 0.803 
TOTAL € 4.324 €4.721 € 9.046 
7. IMPACT  ON  STAFF  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE  EXPENDITURE 
7.1. Impact on human resources 
Staff to be assigned to management  
of the action using existing and/or 
additional resources Description of tasks deriving  
from the action 
Types of post 
Number of 
permanent posts Number of 
temporary posts Total 
 
Officials or 
temporary staff A 
B C    . 
Other human resources     
Total     
7.2. Overall financial impact of human resources 
Type of human resources Amount (€) Method of calculation *  
Officials 
Temporary staff 
   
Other human resources   
Total   
The amounts are total expend iture for twelve months. 
7.3. Other administrative expenditu re deriving from the action 
Budget line (number and heading) Amount € Method of calculation 
Overall allocation (Title A7) 
A0701 – Missions 
   
Total   
 
SL 8   SL The amounts are total expend iture for twelve months. 
I. Annual total (7.2 + 7.3) 
II. Duration of action III. Total cost of action (I x II)  
1 year (2005)  
8. FOLLOW-UP  AND  EVALUATION 
8.1. Follow-up arrangements 
The IOOC-activities are closely followed by its members and there are regular meetings which 
are attended by Commission staff. 
8.2. Arrangements and schedule for the planned evaluation 
Activity reports are regularly distributed by th e IOOC which allows an evaluation of the 
activities. Commission staff reports back to  the PROBA-group of the Council and the IOOC 
activities are followed up in that context, too. 
9. ANTI-FRAUD  MEASURES 
Articles 17(10) and 24 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives 1986 and 
Article 28, lit (d) of the Internal Rules of the IOOC provide  for control and audit mechanisms. 
The accounts have to be certified by an independent account commissioner. 
With regard to the contributions  to the Promotion Fund the Comm ission carries out controls of 
the accounts by own staff, as the case may be , on-the spot, and monitors the contracts. 
Moreover, the IOOC-members have recently ag reed upon an in-depth reform of the overall 
financial management of the IOOC.