Commission Regulation (EC) No 534/1999 of 11 March 1999 fixing the ceilings on financing for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil production in the 1999/2000 production cycle
Date: 1999-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, olive-growing, product quality, production aid, production improvement

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Official Journal of the European Communities

12. 3. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 534/1999

of 11 March 1999

fixing the ceilings on financing for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil
production in the 1999/2000 production cycle

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

whereas, as a result, appropriate limits should be estab-
lished for these cases;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/
1999 of 10 March 1999 laying down measures to improve
the quality of olive-oil production (3), and in particular
Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
528/1999 provides that ceilings be fixed, for each 12-
month production cycle, on financing for measures to
improve the quality of olive-oil production and its envir-
onmental impact in each producer Member State;

Whereas, for the first year of application of Regulation
(EC) No 528/1999 and in view of the date of its entry into
force, a later deadline for drawing up the action
programme for the 1999/2000 production cycle should be
provided for;

Whereas 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 (4) esti-
mates production at 2 290 600 tonnes; whereas this cor-
responds to 1 157 000 tonnes for Spain, 422 000 tonnes
for Greece, 670 000 tonnes for Italy, 39 000 tonnes for
Portugal and 2 600 tonnes
the
amount withheld from production aid for this olive-oil
marketing year serves as a basis for financing measures to
improve the quality of the oil during the production cycle
commencing on 1 May 1999;

for France; whereas

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the production cycle from 1 May 1999 to 30 April
2000, the ceiling on financing for the measures laid down
in the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
528/1999 shall be:

— Spain:
— Greece:
— France:
— Italy:
— Portugal:

EUR 14 039 000
EUR 5 846 000
EUR 49 000
EUR 9 081 000
EUR 632 000.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 528/
1999, the deadline for drawing up the action programme
for the 1999/2000 production cycle shall be 30 April
1999.

Article 3

Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 528/
1999, the additional national contribution from Member
States whose maximum financing laid down in Article 1
is EUR 100 000 or less shall be no more than EUR
250 000.

Whereas the measures have relatively fixed minimum
costs; whereas the ceilings on total financing for some
Member States may therefore prove to be too low;

Article 4

(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 62, 11. 3. 1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 266, 1. 10. 1998, p. 62.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 11 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission