Commission Regulation (EC) No 2428/2000 of 31 October 2000 granting Portugal a derogation for the 2000/01 marketing year from Articles 1(1) and 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil
Date: 2000-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, aid system, derogation from EU law, olive oil, producer organisation, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2428/2000

of 31 October 2000

granting Portugal a derogation for the 2000/01 marketing year from Articles 1(1) and 20(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of
production aid for olive oil

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
thereof,

for

thereof

declarations by olive growers or by producer organ-
the 2000/01
isations and associations
marketing year to be postponed so that the Portuguese
authorities can input the declarations into the GIS as
they are lodged and deal immediately with any adjust-
ments that are necessary. In view of the importance of
the GIS for improving control operations, the time limits
for lodging crop declarations for the 2000/01 marketing
year in Portugal should therefore be postponed from 1
December 2000 to 31 January 2001 in the case of olive
growers and from 1 January 2001 to 28 February 2001
in the case of producer organisations and associations
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,

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
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 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1639/
98 (5), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 of
30 October 1998 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 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1273/
1999 (7), stipulates that olive growers must lodge crop
declarations before 1 December of each marketing year.

Article 20(1) of that Regulation stipulates that producer
organisations or, where appropriate, associations thereof
must submit their members' crop declarations and any
amendments thereto to the competent agency of the
Member State concerned before 1 January of each
marketing year.

The geographical information system (GIS) in Portugal
should be operational so that it can directly register crop
declarations some weeks after 1 December 2000. It is
necessary for the time limit for the lodging of crop

(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.

By derogation from Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/
98 olive growers in Portugal are hereby authorised to lodge
crop declarations for their olive trees in production and the
olive groves they manage as at 1 November of the marketing
year in respect of which the declaration is made, no later than
31 January 2001 for the 2000/01 marketing year.

Article 2

By derogation from Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/
98 producer organisations or, where appropriate, associations
thereof in Portugal are hereby authorised to lodge members'
crop declarations and any amendments thereto no later than
28 February 2001 for the 2000/01 marketing year.

Article 3

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 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission