Commission Regulation (EC) No 1965/2002 of 4 November 2002 amending, as regards Community financing of the work programmes of operators' organisations in the olive sector for the marketing years 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, Regulation (EC) No 1334/2002 laying down detailed rules for application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98
Date: 2002-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, aid system, marketing, olive, olive oil, producer organisation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1965/2002

of 4 November 2002

amending, as regards Community financing of the work programmes of operators' organisations in
the olive sector for the marketing years 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, Regulation (EC) No 1334/2002
laying down detailed rules for application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1513/2001 (2), and
in particular the second indent of the first subparagraph of
Article 4a(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1873/2002 of 14
October 2002 setting limits on Community financing of the
work programmes of approved producers' organisations that is
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 and derogating
from Regulation No 136/66/EEC (3), and in particular
the
second paragraph of Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

For the purposes of the Community financing provided
for by Article 4a of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98, rules
have been set in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/
2002 (4) for the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 marketing
years on approval of operators' organisations and their
work programmes in the olive sector.

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1873/2002 sets limits
on Community financing for the range of activities
specified in Article 4a of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98.
The Commission should set limits for each of the four
fields of that range which will encourage a balanced
distribution of resources among them.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1334/2002 is amended as follows:

1. the following Article is added:

‘Article 5a

Allocation of Community funding

1.
The maximum Community funding for the 2002/
2003 and 2003/2004 marketing years that under Article 2
of Regulation (EC) No 1873/2002 may be allocated to the
eligible activities of operators' organisations in the olive
sector shall be cumulable in each Member State for the
purposes of the range of programmes indicated in Article 5
of this Regulation.

2.
In each Member State a minimum percentage of the
maximum Community funding established in line with
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1873/2002 shall be devoted
to each field of activity, as follows:

— market follow-up and administrative management in the

olive oil and table olive sector: 15 %,

— improving the environmental impact of olive cultivation:

15 %,

Final dates as provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
(EC) No 1873/2002 should be set that are compatible
with the constraints on operation of the scheme.

— improving the production quality of olive oil and table

olives: 15 %,

Regulation (EC) No 1334/2002 should be amended
accordingly.

— traceability, certification and quality protection for olive

oil and table olives: 10 %.

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

(1) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 284, 22.10.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 195, 24.7.2002, p. 16.

If

the Community funding required for all

3.
the
programmes approved in a Member State in a particular
field of activity accounts for less than the minimum percen-
tage indicated in paragraph 2 the difference between the
two amounts shall, subject to compliance with the require-
ment indicated in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1873/
2002, be allocated to the olive oil production aid indicated
in Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.’;

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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2.

in Article 11:
(a) the following paragraph 1a is added:

‘1a.
By 28 February 2003 Member States shall notify
the Commission of their decisions for each of the 2002/
2003 and 2003/2004 marketing years on the deroga-
tion from Article 20d(1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
for which Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1873/2002
provides.’

(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by:

‘2.
Before 30 June 2003 Member States shall inform
the Commission of their decisions for each of the 2002/
2003 and 2003/2004 marketing years on the deroga-
tion from Article 5(9) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC for
which Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1873/2002
provides.

Before 30 June 2003 Member States shall send the
Commission data on the approved olive sector opera-
tors' organisations and work programmes and the
features of the latter (to be broken down by type of
producer organisation as indicated in Article 2 above
and by regional area) and on the funding amounts with-
held under Article 4a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98
for the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 marketing years (to
be broken down by field of activity).’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 November 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 November 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission