Commission Regulation (EC) No 644/2000 of 28 March 2000 fixing the ceilings on financing for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil production in the 2000/2001 production cycle and derogating from Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 528/1999
Date: 2000-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: financing of aid, olive-growing, product quality, production aid, production improvement

L 78/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.3.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 644/2000

of 28 March 2000

fixing the ceilings on financing for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil production in the
2000/2001 production cycle and derogating from Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 528/1999

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 2702/1999 (2), and in particular Article
5(11) thereof

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/
1999 provides that ceilings be fixed, for each Member
State and each 12-month production cycle, on financing
for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil produc-
tion and its environmental impact which are eligible for
reimbursement by the EAGGF Guarantee Section.

including production of

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 (4),
estimates production,
table
olives expressed as olive-oil equivalent, at 1 876 200
tonnes. This corresponds to 890 700 tonnes for Spain,
521 000 tonnes for Greece, 428 800 tonnes for Italy,
33 300 tonnes for Portugal and 2 400 tonnes for
France. The amount withheld from production aid for
this olive-oil marketing year serves as a basis for
financing measures to improve the quality of oil during
the production cycle commencing on 1 May 2000.

(3)

(4)

The measures have relatively fixed minimum costs. The
ceilings on total financing for some Member States may
therefore prove to be too low. Appropriate limits should
consequently be established for those cases.

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

For the production cycle from 1 May 2000 to 30 April 2001,
the ceilings on financing for the measures laid down in the first
subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 528/1999
shall be:

— Spain
— Greece
— France
— Italy
— Portugal

EUR 13 419 000,
EUR 7 614 000,
EUR 44 400,
EUR 7 933 000,
EUR 602 200.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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 in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 March 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 62, 11.3.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 19.