Commission Regulation (EC) No 2407/2001 of 10 December 2001 fixing the ceilings on financing for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil and table olive production in the 2002/03 production cycle and derogating from Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 528/1999
Date: 2001-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, olive oil, production aid, production improvement

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11.12.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2407/2001

of 10 December 2001

fixing the ceilings on financing for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil and table olive
production in the 2002/03 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 1513/2001 (2),

(3)

(4)

The measures have relatively fixed minimum costs
which may mean that the ceilings on total financing by
some Member States are 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,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 of
10 March 1999 laying down measures to improve the quality
of olive oil production (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
593/2001 (4), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,

Article 1

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

For the production cycle from 1 May 2002 to 30 April 2003,
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:

Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 provides
that ceilings be fixed, for each Member State and each
12-month production cycle beginning on 1 May, on
financing for measures
to improve the quality of
olive-oil production and its environmental impact which
are eligible for reimbursement by the EAGGF Guarantee
Section.

Spain:

Greece:

France:

Italy:

Portugal:

EUR 14 123 138

EUR 7 754 538

EUR 39 761

EUR 10 079 842

EUR 405 449

including production of

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2001 of 10
October 2001 fixing the estimated production of olive
oil and the unit amount of the production aid that may
be paid in advance for the 2000/01 marketing year (5)
estimates production,
table
olives expressed as olive-oil equivalent, at 2 137 338
tonnes. This corresponds to 1 095 653 tonnes for Spain,
475 423 tonnes for Greece, 542 538 tonnes for Italy,
21 505 tonnes for Portugal and 2 219 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 2002.

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 62, 11.3.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 88, 28.3.2001, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 270, 11.10.2001, p. 15.

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.

(1)

(2)

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

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission