Commission Regulation (EC) No 1642/2000 of 25 July 2000 fixing the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid for the 1998/1999 marketing year
Date: 2000-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, olive oil, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1642/2000

of 25 July 2000

fixing the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid for the
1998/1999 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 2702/1999 (2),

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(2) thereof,

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
the
in order to determine the unit amount of
that
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. For the
1998/1999 marketing year, the estimated production
and the unit amount of the production aid which can be
paid in advance were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2181/1999 (8).

Pursuant
to Article 17(a)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2261/84, the actual production for which entitlement to
aid is recognised must be determined no later than eight
months after the end of the marketing year. To that end,
in accordance with Article 14(4) of Commission Regula-

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 7.
(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.
(8) OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 19.

tion (EC) No 2366/98 (9), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1273/1999 (10), the Member States concerned
must inform the Commission before 1 April following
each marketing year of the quantity on which the aid is
payable in each Member State. That information indi-
cates that the quantity on which aid is payable for the
1998/1999 marketing year is 452 286 tonnes for Italy,
2 364 tonnes for France, 562 493 tonnes for Greece,
899 991 tonnes for Spain and 33 936 tonnes for
Portugal.

(4)

(5)

(6)

Confirmation by the Member States that aid is payable
on those quantities indicates that the controls referred to
in Regulations (EEC) No 2261/84 and (EC) No 2366/98
have been carried out. However, the fixing of actual
information from the
production on the basis of
Member States on the quantities on which aid is payable
does not prejudge the conclusions which may be drawn
from verification of the correctness of that information
as part of the accounts clearance procedure.

Taking account of the actual production figures, the unit
amount of the production aid laid down in the second
indent of Article 17(a)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/
84 payable on the eligible quantities of actual produc-
tion should also be fixed.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For the 1998/1999 marketing year, the actual production
to be used to calculate the olive oil aid referred to in the first
indent of Article 17(a)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 shall
be:

— 899 991 tonnes for Spain,

— 2 364 tonnes for France,

— 562 493 tonnes for Greece,

— 452 286 tonnes for Italy, and

— 33 936 tonnes for Portugal.

(9) OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 50.
(10) OJ L 151, 18.6.1999, p. 12.

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For the 1998/1999 marketing year, the unit amount of the production aid referred to in the second
2.
indent of Article 17(a)(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84, payable on the eligible quantities of actual
production, shall be:

— EUR 112,16 per 100 kilograms for Spain,
— EUR 130,40 per 100 kilograms for France,
— EUR 99,05 per 100 kilograms for Greece,
— EUR 130,40 per 100 kilograms for Italy, and
— EUR 130,40 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission