Commission Regulation (EC) No 1271/2002 of 12 July 2002 fixing the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid for the marketing year 2000/01
Date: 2002-07-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, marketing, olive oil, production aid, regulation of agricultural production

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1271/2002

of 12 July 2002

fixing the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid for the
marketing year 2000/01

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),

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)

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. With a view to assessing the extent of
the
Italy and Portugal,
overrun in Spain, France, Greece,
account should be taken of the estimates for the produc-
tion of table olives processed into olive oil, expressed as
olive oil equivalent using the relevant coefficients in
2001/
Commission
649/EC (6), 2001/670/EC (7), 2001/648/EC (8) and 2001/
658/EC (9).

2001/650/EC (5),

Decisions

estimated production for

Article 17a of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 provides
in order to determine the unit amount of the
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 rules out any risk of undue payment
to olive growers. The amount also applies to table olives,
expressed as olive-oil equivalent. For the marketing year
2001/02, the estimated production and the unit amount
of the production aid that can be paid in advance were
fixed in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2001 (10).

(3)

Pursuant to Article 17a(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,

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 208, 3.8.1984, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 38.
(5) OJ L 229, 25.8.2001, p. 20.
(6) OJ L 229, 25.8.2001, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 235, 4.9.2001, p. 16.
(8) OJ L 229, 25.8.2001, p. 12.
(9) OJ L 231, 29.8.2001, p. 16.
(10) OJ L 270, 11.10.2001, p. 15.

in accordance with Article 14(4) of Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 2366/98 (11), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2070/2001 (12),
the individual Member
States concerned must inform the Commission by no
later than 15 May following each marketing year of the
quantity on which the aid is payable in that Member
State. According to that information, the quantity on
which the aid is payable for the marketing year 2000/01
is 540 864 tonnes for Italy, 2 247 tonnes for France,
479 066 tonnes for Greece, 1 074 970 tonnes for Spain
and 25 444 tonnes for Portugal.

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

Taking account of the actual production figures, the unit
amount of the production aid provided for in the second
indent of Article 17a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84
payable on the eligible quantities of actual production
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,

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For the marketing year 2000/01, the actual production to
be used to calculate the aid for olive oil as referred to in the
first indent of Article 17a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84
shall be:

— 1 074 970 tonnes for Spain,

—

2 247 tonnes for France,

— 479 066 tonnes for Greece,

— 540 864 tonnes for Italy,

—

25 444 tonnes for Portugal.

(11) OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 50.
(12) OJ L 280, 24.10.2001, p. 3.

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For the marketing year 2000/01, the unit amount of the
2.
production aid referred to in the second indent of Article
17a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 payable on the eligible
quantities of actual production shall be:

— 130,40 EUR/100 kg for Italy,

— 130,40 EUR/100 kg for Portugal.

— 93,91 EUR/100 kg for Spain,

— 130,40 EUR/100 kg for France,

— 114,76 EUR/100 kg for Greece,

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, 12 July 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission