Commission Regulation (EC) No 1250/2002 of 11 July 2002 derogating, for the 2001/02 marketing year, from the time limits provided for in Article 12(3) and (5) and Article 20(2) 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 to 2003/04 marketing years
Date: 2002-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, derogation from EU law, marketing, olive oil, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1250/2002

of 11 July 2002

derogating, for the 2001/02 marketing year, from the time limits provided for in Article 12(3) and
(5) and Article 20(2) 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 to 2003/04 marketing years

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 organisa-
tion of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1513/2001 (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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001, 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 orga-
nisations (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1639/
98 (5), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 12 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 to 2003/04 marketing years (6), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2070/2001 (7), stipu-
lates that olive growers must submit applications for
olive oil production aid before 1 July of each marketing
year. Producer Member States must also notify the
Commission before 5 September of each marketing year
of the number of aid applications and the quantities of
olive concerned.

Article 20(2) of that Regulation stipulates that producer
organisations or, where appropriate, associations thereof
must submit aid applications for the marketing year in
progress to the competent agency of the Member State
concerned before 1 August of each marketing year. Aid
applications lodged late by olive growers may also be
submitted by the organisation or association by 14
August of each marketing year.

To allow additional checks on aid applications to be
made, in particular by using the Geographical Informa-
tion System (GIS), the time limit for the lodging of aid
applications by olive growers should be extended from 1

(1) OJ L 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.
(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 280, 24.10.2001, p. 3.

July 2002 to 15 July 2002. As a result, it is also neces-
sary to extend the dates for the lodging of aid applica-
tions by producer organisations and associations thereof
and to extend the date by which the Member States must
notify the Commission of the number of aid applications
and the quantities of olive concerned.

(4)

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 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98,
olive growers are authorised to submit aid applications for the
2001/02 marketing year covering their olive trees in produc-
tion and the olive groves they managed as at 1 November
2001 by 15 July 2002.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 12(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98,
the Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of
the number of aid applications and the quantities of olive oil
for the 2001/02 marketing year before 10 September 2002.

Article 3

Notwithstanding Article 20(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2366/98,
producer organisations and associations thereof are authorised
to submit aid applications for the 2001/02 marketing year to
the competent agency of the Member State concerned by 15
August 2002.

However, aid applications lodged late by olive growers may be
submitted by the organisation or association by 30 August
2002.

Article 4

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

It shall apply from 30 June 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 July 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission