Commission Regulation (EC) No 1483/98 of 10 July 1998 fixing the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of production aid for the 1996/97 marketing year
Date: 1998-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, olive oil, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1483/98

of 10 July 1998

fixing the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of production aid
for the 1996/97 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 the market in oils and fats (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84
of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting
of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil
producer organisations (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 636/95 (4), and in particular Article 17a(3)
thereof,

Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that the unit amount of the production aid must
be reduced where the actual production for a given
marketing
the maximum guaranteed
quantity fixed for that marketing year; whereas, however,
producers whose average production is less than 500 kilo-
grams of olive oil per marketing year are not affected by
that reduction;

exceeds

year

Whereas Article 17a of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84
provides that, in order to determine the unit amount of
the production aid for olive oil which may be paid in
advance, the estimated production for the marketing year
concerned should be established; whereas, for the 1996/97
marketing year, the estimated production aid which may
be paid in advance was fixed by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1979/97 (5);

Whereas, pursuant to Article 17a(3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2261/84, not more than eight months after the end of
the marketing year the quantity actually produced in
respect of which entitlement to the aid has been recog-
nised must be determined; whereas, to that end in accord-
ance with Article 12a of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3061/84 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2455/97 (7), the Member States concerned must notify the
than 31 May following each
Commission, not

later

marketing year, of the quantity recognised as qualifying
for the aid in each Member State; whereas as a result of
those communications the quantity eligible for aid for the
1996/97 marketing year amounts to 410 000 tonnes for
Italy, 2 360 tonnes for France, 494 218 tonnes for Greece,
986 700 tonnes for Spain and 37 000 tonnes for Portugal;

Whereas recognition by the Member States of
those
quantities as qualifying for the aid implies that the checks
referred to in Regulations (EEC) No 2261/84 and (EEC)
No 3061/84 have been carried out; whereas, however,
fixing actual production in accordance with the informa-
tion on the quantities
recognised as qualifying for
Community aid by the Member States does not prejudge
the conclusions that may be drawn from verification of
the accuracy of that information under the clearance of
accounts procedure;

Whereas, in view of the quantity actually produced, the
unit amount of the production aid provided for in point
(b) of the fifth subparagraph of Article 5(1) of Regulation
No 136/66/EEC should also be fixed;

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 1996/97 marketing year for olive oil:

(cid:190) the quantity actually produced in respect of which
entitlement to the production aid has been recognised
reimbursement by the
and which is eligible for
EAGGF Guarantee Section is 1 930 278 tonnes,

(cid:190) the unit amount of the production aid shall be ECU

99,44 per 100 kilograms.

(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 67, 25. 3. 1995, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 278, 11. 10. 1997, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 288, 1. 11. 1984, p. 52.
(7) OJ L 340, 11. 12. 1997, p. 26.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 10 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission