WRITTEN QUESTION No. 298/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Olive oil
Date: 1997-02-13
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: aid system, area of holding, common organisation of markets, management information system, olive oil, production aid













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91997E0298

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 298/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Olive oil  


Official Journal C 319 , 18/10/1997 P. 0055 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0298/97 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (13 February 1997)Subject: Olive oilIn the last five years, the Court of Auditors has audited and reported upon the management of a number of different common market organizations.The Court has examined the follow-up to the observations it made in its annual reports on the financial years 1990 to 1992 in an effort to determine whether the Commission has improved the management and control of various agricultural markets in line with the recommendations and observations made by the Court.With regard to the olive oil sector, the Council and Parliament endorsed the Court of Auditors' conclusions regarding the need to improve the control system and the urgent need to establish a comprehensive olive cultivation register. Four years later, the main olive oil producing Member States have still not fully established an olive cultivation register, with the result that the control system remains unreliable.What deadlines will the Commission set and what measures will it take to ensure that the Member States establish the olive cultivation register, which is already four years behind schedule?Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission (20 March 1997)The Italian olive cultivation register was completed, (i.e. its entries had been confirmed by growers and hence were legally invocable) in 1989, for olive oil production aid payments for the 1987/88 marketing year. It has since then been updated and for details of this the Honourable Member is referred to the Commission's reply to Question E-4001/96 by Mr Arias Cañete ((OJ C 186 of 18.6.1997, p. 163. )).The Spanish authorities have undertaken to finish compilation by the end of 1988.As regards Greece and Portugal, the Commission, aware of the difficulties encountered in compilation of the register, is now turning its attention to exploitation to this end of the work carried out to establish the integrated and administration control system in these Member States. This tool was introduced as part of the CAP reform from 1 February 1993 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes ((OJ L 355, 5.12.1992. )) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 ((OJ L 391, 31.12.1992. )), and requires the introduction of alphanumeric identification of agricultural parcels and establishment of a database permitting cross-checks.Since responsibility for implementing the Community provisions on establishment of the register is exclusively that of Member States, should they fail to apply these provisions or do so inadequately or should their expenditure be inconsistent with the rules, the Commission may as part of the accounts clearance procedure impose the financial corrections it deems necessary.For action by the Commission to secure operation of olive cultivation registers by the Member States the Honourable Member is also referred to its consolidated reply to Questions E-315/97 to 319/97 by Mr Garcia-Margallo y Marfil ((See page 60. )).