Commission Regulation (EC) No 2181/1999 of 14 October 1999 fixing the estimated production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid that may be paid in advance for the 1998/99 marketing year
Date: 1999-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, olive oil, production aid

15. 10. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2181/1999

of 14 October 1999

fixing the estimated production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid that may be
paid in advance for the 1998/99 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),

(4)

(5)

In determining the amount of
the advance, account
must be taken of the amount withheld for measures to
improve the quality of olive oil provided for in Council
Regulation (EC) No 1414/97 (8).

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

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(1) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that the
unit production aid must be reduced in each Member
State where actual production exceeds the guaranteed
national quantity referred to in paragraph 3 of that
Article. In assessing the extent of the overrun in Spain,
Greece and Portugal, account should be taken of the
estimates for the production of table olives processed
into olive oil, expressed as olive-oil equivalent using the
relevant coefficients referred to in Commission Decisions
98/605/EC (5), 98/619/EC (6) and 98/620/EC (7).

estimated production for

Article 17a of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 provides
that
the
in order to determine the unit amount of
production aid for olive oil that can be paid in advance,
the
the marketing year
concerned should be determined. That amount must be
fixed at a level that avoids any risk of unwarranted
payment to olive growers. The amount also applies to
table olives, expressed as olive-oil equivalent.

In order to establish the estimated production, Member
States must forward to the Commission data for the
olive oil and, where appropriate, table olive production
estimates for each marketing year. The Commission may
use other sources of information. On the basis of that
data, the estimated production of olive oil and table
olives, expressed as olive-oil equivalent, should be fixed
for each Member State at the levels indicated below.

(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 289, 28.10.1998, p. 39.
(6) OJ L 295, 4.11.1998, p. 50.
(7) OJ L 295, 4.11.1998, p. 54.

For the 1998/99 marketing year, the estimated produc-

1.
tion of olive oil

is:

— 849 300 tonnes for Spain,

— 2 400 tonnes for France,

— 511 000 tonnes for Greece,

— 428 800 tonnes for Italy,

— 32 550 tonnes for Portugal.

For the 1998/99 marketing year, the estimated produc-

2.
tion of table olives, expressed as olive-oil equivalent,

is:

— 41 400 tonnes for Spain, using a coefficient of equivalence

of 15,5 %,

— 10 000 tonnes for Greece, using a coefficient of equi-

valence of 13 %,

— 750 tonnes for Portugal, using a coefficient of equivalence

of 10 %.

3.
For the 1998/99 marketing year, the advance referred to
in Article 17a(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 shall be:

— EUR 101,15 per 100 kilograms for Spain,

— EUR 117,36 per 100 kilograms for France,

— EUR 87,50 per 100 kilograms for Greece,

— EUR 117,36 per 100 kilograms for Italy,

— EUR 117,36 per 100 kilograms for Portugal.

Article 2

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

(8) OJ L 196, 24.7.1997, p. 4.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 October 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission