Commission Regulation (EC) No 1542/1999 of 14 July 1999 fixing the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of production aid for the 1997/98 marketing year
Date: 1999-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, olive oil, production aid, regulation of agricultural production

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1542/1999

of 14 July 1999

fixing the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of production aid 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 organ-
isation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (2),

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1638/98, and in partic-
ular Article 3(1) thereof,

(1) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 introduces major
changes in the common organisation of the market in
oils and fats from 1 November 1998; whereas the olive
oil production aid scheme in particular has been over-
hauled; whereas, to ensure smooth transition between
the schemes in force before and after 1 November 1998,
it is necessary to lay down provisions for the production
aid for the 1997/98 marketing year, to apply up to the
end of that year;

(2) Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC in the
version applicable on 31 October 1998 provides that
the unit amount of the production aid must be reduced
where the actual production for a given marketing year
exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity fixed for that
marketing year; whereas, however, producers whose
average production is less than 500 kilograms of olive
oil per marketing year are not affected by that reduction;

of which entitlement to the aid has been recognised
must be determined; whereas, to that end, in accordance
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 Commission, not later than 31 May following each
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 1997/98 marketing year amounts
to 712 847
tonnes for Italy, 2 480 tonnes for France, 492 364
tonnes for Greece, 1 147 000 tonnes for Spain and
39 600 tonnes for Portugal;

(5) Whereas recognition by the Member States of those
the
quantities as qualifying for the aid implies that
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 information on the quantities recognised as quali-
fying for Community aid by the Member States does not
prejudge the conclusions that may be drawn from verifi-
cation of the accuracy of that information under the
clearance of accounts procedure;

(6) 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 Regula-
tion No 136/66/EEC in the version applicable on 31
October 1998 should also be fixed;

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

(3) Whereas Article 17a of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2261/84 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1639/98 (4),
in the version applicable on 31 October
1998, provides that,
in order to determine the unit
amount of the production aid for olive oil which may be
paid in advance,
the
marketing
established;
whereas, for the 1997/98 marketing year, the estimated
production and the unit amount of production aid
which may be paid in advance were fixed by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2095/98 (5);

the estimated production for
concerned should be

year

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(4) Whereas, pursuant to Article 17a(3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2261/84 in the version applicable on 31 October
1998, not more than eight months after the end of the
marketing year, the quantity actually produced in respect

(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 266, 1.10.1998, p. 62.

For the 1997/98 olive oil marketing year:

— the quantity actually produced in respect of which entitle-
to the production aid has been recognised is

ment
2 394 291 tonnes,

— the unit amount of the production aid shall be EUR 80,17

per 100 kilograms.

(6) OJ L 288, 1.11.1984, p. 52.
(7) OJ L 340, 11.12.1997, p. 26.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 14 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission