Commission Regulation (EC) No 218/2000 of 28 January 2000 derogating from Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/99, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years
Date: 2000-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, marketing, olive oil, production aid

29. 1. 2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 24/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 218/2000

of 28 January 2000

derogating from Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/99, 1999/2000 and 2000/01
marketing years

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the Council 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 2702/1999 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 of 20
July 1998 amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the estab-
lishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and
fats (3), and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,

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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1639/
98 (5), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 20(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/
98 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1273/1999 (7),
lays down that, before 1 January of each marketing year,
producer oganisations or, where appropriate, associa-
tions thereof are to submit their member's crop declara-
tions and any amendments thereto to the competent
agency of the Member State concerned.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2711/1999 (8) derog-
ating from Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98
provides for an extension by 15 day of the deadline for
submission of crop declarations by growers for the
1999/2000 marketing year. An extension should aslo be
granted to producer organisations or, where appropriate,
associations thereof, to again provide sufficient time for
completion of administrative procedures between the
lodging of declarations by growers and submission of
declarations by producer organisations.

(3)

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

Notwithstanding Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98,
for the 1999/2000 marketing year producer organisations or,
where appropriate, associations
their
members' crop declarations and any amendments thereto by
12 February 2000.

thereof may submit

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 November 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.
(4) OJ L 208, 3.8.1984, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 38.
(6) OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 50.
(7) OJ L 151, 18.6.1999, p. 12.

(8) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 27.