Commission Regulation (EC) No 694/98 of 27 March 1998 fixing the amounts to be paid to recognised olive oil producer organizations and associations thereof for the 1997/98 marketing year
Date: 1998-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing year, olive oil, producer organisation, representative rate

28. 3. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 96/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 694/98

of 27 March 1998

fixing the amounts to be paid to recognised olive oil producer organizations and
associations thereof for the 1997/98 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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
organisation of
in oils and fats (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2), and in par-
ticular Article 20d(4) thereof,

the market

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Article 6(2)
thereof,

Whereas Article 20d of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that a percentage of the production aid is to be
withheld to help finance the work of the producer organ-
isations and associations thereof;

Whereas Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3061/84 of 31 October 1984 laying down detailed rules
for the application of the system of production aid for
olive oil (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2455/97 (6), provides that the unit amounts to be paid to
producer organisations and associations thereof are to be
fixed on the basis of forecasts of the overall sum to be
distributed; whereas the amount withheld was fixed for
the 1997/98 marketing year by Council Regulation (EC)
No 1414/97 (7); whereas the funds which will be available
in each Member State as a result of the abovementioned
amount withheld must be redistributed to those eligible
in a suitable manner;

Whereas to ensure that the distribution of funds among
the producer organisations and associations is uniformly
implemented, and with a view to clarity, a specific oper-
ative event should be established for the agricultural
conversion rate for the amounts fixed; whereas, given the
nature of the measure and to facilitate the management
thereof, 1 February 1998 should be fixed as the operative
event;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1997/98 marketing year, the amounts provided
for in Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
3061/84 shall be as follows:
— for Spain: ECU 7 and ECU 2 respectively,
— for Portugal: ECU 0 and ECU 4,5 respectively,
— for Greece: ECU 2,6 and ECU 2,6 respectively,
— for France: ECU 1,5 and ECU 1,5 respectively,
— for Italy: ECU 2,4 and ECU 2,4 respectively.

Article 2

The amounts referred to in Article 1 shall be converted
into national currency using the agricultural conversion
rate in force on 1 February 1998.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 288, 1. 11. 1984, p. 52.
(6) OJ L 340, 11. 12. 1997, p. 26.
(7) OJ L 196, 24. 7. 1997, p. 4.