Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down special measures in respect of olive oil
Date: 1998-11-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, co-financing, financial control, olive oil

C  384/22

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

10.12.98

II

(Preparatory  Acts)

COMMISSION

Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  (EC)  amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2262/84  laying  down
special  measures  in  respect  of  olive  oil

(98/C  384/09)

COM(1998)  631  final  -  98/0308(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  6  November  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community  and,  in  particular  Article  43  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having 
Parliament,

regard 

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Whereas,  in  accordance  with  Article  1(5)  of  Council
Regulation  (EEC)  No  2262/84(cid:216)(˛),  at  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No  2599/97(cid:216)(ˇ),  the  Council,  acting  by
a  qualified  majority  on  a  proposal  from  the  Commission,
is  to  adopt  before  1  January  1999  the  method  for
financing  actual  expenditure  of  agencies  as  from  the
1999/2000  marketing  year;

Whereas  a  3  year  transitional  period  referring  to  the
reform  on  the  market  organisation  of  the  olive  oil  sector
has  been  decided  as  from  the  marketing  year  1998/99;
whereas,  work  customarily  entrusted  to  the  agencies
must  be  carried  out  during  the  transitional  period  as  well
as  during  the  first  marketing  year  following  the  said
period;  whereas,  as  a  result,  provision  should  be  made
for  a  Community  contribution  to  the  agencies’  expen(cid:220)
diture  for  that  period  in  order  to  ensure  they  can  operate
effectively  and  in  accordance  with  the  rules  within  the
framework  of  the  administrative  autonomy  provided  for
in  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2262/84,

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  208,  3.8.1984,  p.  11.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  351,  23.12.1997,  p.  17.

Article  1

The  last  two  subparagraphs  of  Article  1(5)  of  Regulation
(EEC)  No  2262/84  are  hereby 
the
following:

replaced  by 

"50(cid:216)%  of  the  agencies  actual  expenditure  over  a
period  of  three  years  starting  from  the  1999/2000
marketing  year  shall  be  covered  by  the  general
budget  of  the  European  Communities.

the  need 

to  maintain 

the  Commission 

shall
Before  1  October  2001, 
the  Community
consider 
contribution  to  the  agencies  expenditure  and,  where
appropriate,  shall  present  a  proposal  to  the  Council.
In  accordance  with  the  procedure  provided  for  in
Article  43(2)  of  the  Treaty,  the  Council  shall  decide
before  1  January  2002  on  any  financing  of  the  expen(cid:220)
diture  in  question.’

Article  2

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

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

in 

its  entirety  and