Council Regulation (EC) No 1583/96 of 30 July 1996 fixing, for the 1996/97 marketing year, the prices, aids and percentages of aid to be retained in the olive oil sector
Date: 1996-07-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: aid system, intervention price, marketing year, olive oil, production aid, target price













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Council Regulation (EC) No 1583/96 of 30 July 1996 fixing, for the 1996/97 marketing year, the prices, aids and percentages of aid to be retained in the olive oil sector  


Official Journal L 206 , 16/08/1996 P. 0014 - 0015 





COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1583/96 of 30 July 1996 fixing, for the 1996/97 marketing year, the prices, aids and percentages of aid to be retained in the olive oil sectorTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,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 (1), and in particular Articles 4 (4), 5 (1) and 11 (6) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),Whereas the target price for olive oil production must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 8 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC;Whereas, if producers are to receive a fair income, production aid must be fixed in the light of the impact which the consumption aid has on part only of production;Whereas, in accordance with Articles 5 (4) and 20d (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the percentages of production aid to be allocated to finance measures to improve the quality of olive oil production and to finance expenditure incurred in the work done by recognized producer organizations or associations thereof in administering and controlling olive oil production aid, should be determined;Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (5) and (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, a certain percentage of the consumption aid during each olive oil marketing year is to be used, on the one hand, to finance measures by the recognized trade organizations referred to in paragraph 3 of the abovementioned Article and, on the other hand, to finance measures to promote olive oil consumption in the Community; whereas the said percentages for the 1996/97 marketing year should be fixed; whereas having regard to the financing already laid down for the promotion actions referred to in the abovementioned Article 11 (6), the percentage relating thereto is set at zero for the marketing year 1996/97,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 11. For the 1996/97 marketing year, the production target price and the intervention price for olive oil shall be as follows:(a) production target price:ECU 383,77 per 100 kilogrammes;(b) intervention price:ECU 186,17 per 100 kilogrammes.2. The prices fixed in paragraph 1 shall be for ordinary virgin olive oil with a free fatty-acid content, expressed as oleic acid, of 3,3 g per 100 g.Article 2For the 1996/97 marketing year, the representative market price for olive oil shall be ECU 229,50 per 100 kilogrammes.Article 3For the 1996/97 marketing year, the production aid shall be as follows:(a) production aid:ECU 142,20 per 100 kilogrammes;(b) production aid for growers whose average production is less than 500 kilogrammes of olive oil per marketing year:ECU 151,48 per 100 kilogrammes.Article 41. For the 1996/97 marketing year, 1,4 % of the production aid earmarked for olive-oil producers shall be allocated to the financing of specific measures to improve the quality of olive oil in each producer Member State.2. For the 1996/97 marketing year, the percentage of the production aid which may be withheld pursuant to Article 20d (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC for organizations of olive-oil producers or associations thereof recognized under the said Regulation shall be 0,8 %.Article 51. For the 1996/97 marketing year, the percentage of consumption aid referred to in Article 11 (5) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be 5,5 %.2. For the 1996/97 marketing year, the percentage of consumption aid to be allocated to the measures referred to in Article 11 (6) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be zero.Article 6This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply from 1 November 1996.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 July 1996.For the CouncilThe PresidentH. COVENEY(1) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (see p. 11 of this Official Journal).(2) OJ No C 125, 27. 4. 1996, p. 16.(3) OJ No C 166, 10. 6. 1996.(4) OJ No C 204, 15. 7. 1996, p. 57.