PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INTRODUCING SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR TABLE OLIVES
Date: 1991-05-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU financing, market intervention, olive, producer organisation, sales promotion

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 189 final 

Brussels, 27 May 1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) 

introducing  specific measures for table  olives 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

In  June  1990  the  Commission  submitted  to  the  Council  a  report  on  table 

olives together with a proposal  on measures  to encourage  the consumption of 

such products. 

At  the  time of  the Council's examination  in  late  1990 of  the  table olives 

situation,  the  Commission  representative  said  he  was  willing  to  give 

favourable  consideration  to  the  adoption,  in addition  to measures  already 

proposed,  of  other  measures  similar  to  those  laid  down  for  nut  producer 

groups to cope with  the short-term problems arising  in the sector. 

This  draft  Regulation  proposes  the  granting  of  specific  aid,  paid  in  a 

single  instalment,  to  encourage  the  constitution  by  the  producer 

organization  for  associations  thereof  of  working  capital  to  permit  the 

stabilization  of  supply  by  providing  in  particular  for  the  financing  of 

storage required  for suitable release  to the market  of products. 

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Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

introducing  specific measures  for  table olives 

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  the  supply  on  the  market  for  table  olives  is  poorly  adjusted  to 

demand  as a result  in particular  of  the conditions of  production,  a  feature 

of which  is alternate  bearing  by olive trees; 

Whereas,  in order  to  permit  producer  organizations  or  associations  thereof 

which  produce  and  market  table  olives  to  concentrate  supply  and  to  stagger 

quantities  released  to the market  by means  in particular  of  suitable  storage 

capacity,  such organizations or  associations  should  be encouraged  to set  up 

working  capital;  whereas,  to  that  end,  provision  should  be  made  for 

financial  contributions  from  the  Member  State  and  the  Community,  with  a 

ceiling  determined  by  reference  to  the  value  of  production  marketed  by  the 

producer  organizations and associations thereof over  a given marketing year, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

1.  Member  States  shall  grant  specific  aid  to organizations or  associations 

thereof,  of  producers  of  table  olives  falling  within  CN  codes 

0709 90 31, 

0709 90 39, 

0710 80 10, 

0711  20, 

ex 

0712 90 90, 

ex  2001 90 80,  ex  2004  90  30  and  2005  70  00,  recognized  in  accordance 

with  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1360/78*1),  and  which  constitute 

working  capital  in  accordance  with  this  Article  with  the  objective  of 

stabilizing  supply  by  ensuring  in  particular  the  financing  of  storage 

required  for  the suitable  release  to the market  of  the product. 

(1) OJ  No L 166, 23.6.1978, p. 1. 

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2.  The  specific  aid  shall  be  granted  once  only,  subject  to  the  capital 

being  financed as follows: 

-  45% by  the producer organization or association thereof, 

-  10% by aid  from  the Member State. 

The Community  contribution shall  amount  to 45% of  the capital.  However, 

the  overall  financial  commitment  of  the Member  State  and  the  Community 

may not exceed 8.25% of  the value of production marketed  by  the producer 

organization or  association  thereof  in one marketing  year. 

Art icle 2 

The  aid  provided  for  in Article  1 shall  be considered  intervention  intended 

to stabilize  the agricultural  markets within  the meaning  of  Article  3(1) of 

Council  Regulation  (EEC) No 729/70<2>. 

Article 3 

Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  this  Regulation  shall  be  adopted  in 

accordance  with  the  procedure  provided  for  in  Article  38  of  Council 

Regulation No  136/66/EEC<3). 

Those  detailed  rules  shall  entail  measures  to  monitor  the  use  of  the 

financial  aid  from  the Community. 

Art icle 4 

This Regulation  shall  enter  into  force on  the seventh  day  following  that of 

its publication  in the Official  Journal  of  the European Communities. 

This Regulation  shall  be binding  in  its entirety  and  directly  applicable  in 

a I I Member  States. 

Done at Brussels, 27 May  1991 

For  the Commission 

(2) OJ  No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. 
(3) OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66 

F I C HE  F I N A N C I E RE 

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(FF/91/009) 

DATE 

28.3.1991 

1.  LIGNE BUDGETAIRE  : 189 - Autres 

CREDITS  : p.m. 

2.  INTITULE DE LA MESURE : 

Règlement  du Conseil  instaurant  des mesures spécifiques dans  le secteur  des olives 
de table. 

3.  BASE JURIDIQUE  : Traité de Rome, article 43 

4.  OBJECTIFS DE LA MESURE : 

Favorisât ion de  la constitution  d'un  fonds de roulement  par  les organisations ou 
unions de producteurs. 

PERIODE DE 
12  MOIS 

Mio ECU 

EXERCICE EN 
COURS  (91) 
Mio ECU 

EXERCICE 
SUIVANT  (92) 

Mio ECU 

p.m 
p.m, 

5.  INCIDENCES FINANCIERES 

5.0  DEPENSES A LA CHARGE 

-  DU BUDGET DES CE 

(R EST i TUT IONS/INTERVENTIONS) 

-  DES BUDGETS NATIONAUX 
-  D'AUTRES  SECTEURS 

5.1  RECETTES 

-  RESSOURCES PROPRES DES CE 

(PRELEVEMENTS/DROITS  DE DOUANE) 

-  SUR LE PLAN NATIONAL 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

5.0.1  PREVISIONS DES DEPENSES 
5.1.1  PREVISIONS DES RECETTES 

5.2  MODE DE CALCUL : 
Hypothèse  de production  commercialisée par  les organisations de producteurs:205.000 t 
Hypothèse  de val. de  la production  commercialisée  : 205.000 t x 524 ECU/t  -107.000 MioECU 
Financement  communautaire 

107 MioECU  x 0,0825 x 45/55 - 7 MioECU 

6.0  FINANCEMENT POSSIBLE PAR CREDITS  INSCRITS AU CHAPITRE CONCERNE  DU BUDGET 

EN COURS D'EXECUTION 

6.1  FINANCEMENT POSSIBLE PAR VIREMENT ENTRE CHAPITRES DU BUDGET EN COURS 

D'EXECUTION 

6.Z  «tCESSiTC  D'!.'?•! nnnrcT  çiiPPI FMFNTAIRE 

6.3  CREDITS A  INSCRIRE DANS LES BUDGETS  FUTURS 

OUI 

OBSERVATIONS : 
L'hypothèse  est  faite que  les organisations de producteurs  se constitueront  tout  au  long 
de 1992 et qu'elles ne seront  en mesure de recevoir  l'aide qu'en  1983. 

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