Commission Regulation (EC) No 2095/98 of 30 September 1998 fixing the estimated production of olive oil and the amount of the unit production aid that may be paid in advance for the 1997/98 marketing year
Date: 1998-09-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, olive oil, production aid, production policy

L 266/62

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

1. 10. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2095/98

of 30 September 1998

fixing the estimated production of olive oil and the amount of the unit produc-
tion aid that may be paid in advance 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 the market in oils and fats (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (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 1639/98 (4), and in particular Article 17a(2)
thereof,

Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
provides that the unit production aid must be reduced
where the actual production in a given marketing year
exceeds the guaranteed maximum quantity fixed for that
marketing year; whereas, however, producers whose
average production does not amount to 500 kilograms of
olive oil per marketing year are not affected by such a
reduction;

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
that can be paid in
advance, the estimated production for the marketing year
concerned should be determined; whereas that amount
must be fixed at a level avoiding any risk of unwarranted
payment to olive growers;

Whereas, in order to establish the estimated production,
the Member States must forward to the Commission the
data for
the olive oil production estimates for each
marketing year; whereas the Commission may avail itself
of other sources of information;

Whereas the amount of the advance withheld for the
establishment of the register of olive cultivation provided
for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2159/92 (5) and the
amount withheld for measures to improve the quality of
olive oil provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No
1414/97 (6) must be taken into account;

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 estimated production
shall be 2 290 600 tonnes, and the unit amount of the
production aid that may be paid in advance shall be ECU
72,53 per 100 kilograms.

Article 2

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, 30 September 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 38.

(5) OJ L 217, 31. 7. 1992, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 196, 24. 7. 1997, p. 4.