Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the financing of expenditure for the establishment and updating of the register of olive cultivation
Date: 1992-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing year, olive-growing, production aid

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMVIUNITIES 

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Brussels,  19 June  1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIU PEGUIATIQN (EEC) 

on the financing of expenditure for the establishment and 
updating of the register of olive  cultivation 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The deduction  from olive oil production  aid  for the establishment  of registers of 
Community olive cultivation  fixed  for the period ending  during  the  1991/92 
marketing year has enabled  significant progress  to be made: the register  has been 
completed  in Italy and the work  is well under way  in the other olive  producing 
Member states. 

So as to allow completion of the work  for the establishment  of registers  in those 
Member States  still without them and to finance the first updates  of the  Italian 
register  (operational  since  1988),  the deduction  from production  aid  for that 
purpose must be maintained. 

Given the time required  for the abovementioned work  and the  funding  necessary, it 
is proposed  to maintain the deduction over the marketing  years  from  1992/93 to 
1997/98 whilst reducing  its level to 2.4%  (presently  2.5%). 

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COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) No 

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on the  financing  of expenditure  for the establishment and 
updating of the register of olive  cultivation 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty  establishing  the European Economic  Community, 

Having regard to Council Regulation  (EEC) No  154/75 of 21 January  1975 on the 

establishment  of a register of olive cultivation  in the Member states  producing 

olive  oilf1),  as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) No  3788/85(2),  and  in 

particular Article  3(4) thereof, 

Having regard  to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Whereas Regulation  (EEC) No  154/75 lays down that a part of the production  aid 

paid to olive  growers during  a certain period be deducted  and allocated  for 

funding the work necessary  for establishing  the register  of olive  cultivation; 

Whereas, where the sums resulting  from the said deductions would not cover the 

level of expenditure, Article  3(4) of the said Regulation provides  for the 

possibility  of making  further deductions  to cover the remaining expenditure; 

Whereas  the sums resulting  from deductions made hereto have  fallen  considerably 

short of what is required  for funding the work  for the establishment  and updating 

of the register; 

Whereas  the percentage  of production  aid during the coming marketing years to be 

used  for financing  the  said expenditure  should be laid down, 

(1) OJ No L  19, 24.1.1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L  367, 31.12.1985, p. 1. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

In order to finance expenditure  for the establishment and updating  of  the 

register of olive cultivation, the competent authorities  of the producer Member 

States responsible  for paying the aid provided  for  in Article  5 of  Regulation 

No  136/66/EEC shall, when making payment, reduce the amount of  aid paid  during 

the marketing years  from  1992/93 to  1997/98 by 2.4%. 

This Regulation  shall enter  into force on  1 November  1992. 

Article 2 

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

Member  States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the  Council 

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F I N A N C I AL  STATEMENT 

DATE: 

1. BUDGET  HEADING:  B 1210 Production  aid 

APPROPRIATIONS:  ECU 899  million 

2. TITLE: 
Council  Regulation  on  the  financing  of expenditure  for  the establishment  and  updating  of  the  register 
of olive  cultivation. 

3. LEGAL  BASIS: Articles  3  (4) of  Regulation  (EEC) n°  154/75 

4. AIMS : 

To determine  the percentages  of  production  aid  to be used during  the coming marketing  years  for 
financing  expenditure  for  the establishment  and updating  of  the  register  of  olive  cultivation. 

5.  FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

1992 

1993 

jPeriod  of  12 months 

Current  Financial  Year 

Following  Financial  Year 

5.0  EXPENDITURE 

CHARGED  TO THE  EC  BUDGET 
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 
NATIONAL  ADHINISTRATION 
OTHER 

5.1  REVENUE 

- OUN  RESOURCES  OF  THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

-  NATIONAL 

5.0.1  ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1  ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

5.2  METHOD  OF  CALCULATION: 

|  Negligible 

Zero 

Negligible 

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1 9 95 

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6.0  CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  FROM  APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED  IN THE  RELEVANT  CHAPTER  OF  THE  CURRENT  BUDGET? 
YES/NO 

6.1  CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  BY  TRANSFER  BETUEEN  CHAPTERS  OF  THE  CURRENT  BUDGET? 

YES/NO 

6.2  IS A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  NECESSARY? 

6.3  WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS BE  NECESSARY? 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

COMMENTS : 
The  1993 preliminary draft  budget  assumed  a deduction  of  2.5  % giving  a total  of  ECU  10.3 million  to be 
with  held  in  1993  for  the  1992/93 marketing  year. The proposed  figure  of 2.5  % gives  a total  of 
(10.3  : 2.5  %  ) x 2.4  % = 9.9  million. The  financial  impact  is only  Ecu 0.4  million. Given  that  expenditure 
on the register  should  not  be affected  by  this  amendment, the smaller deductions  E TO  accompanied  by an 
increase of  the same amount  in the aid  paid  out. Over  the  long  term, total  deductions  should  equûl 

j expenditure on  the  register, and  the mesure has  therefore  no  impact  on  the Community  budget. 

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