Commission Regulation (EC) No 631/2003 of 7 April 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1334/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 as regards the conditions for approval of and the time limits for work programmes of operators' organisations in the olive sector for the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 marketing years
Date: 2003-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, aid system, marketing, olive, olive oil, producer organisation

L 92/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.4.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 631/2003
of 7 April 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1334/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 as regards the conditions for approval of and the time limits for work
programmes of operators' organisations in the olive sector for the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004
marketing years

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 Article 4a(4)(a) and (c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2002 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1965/2002 (4),
lays
down, for the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 marketing
years, rules on the approval and the work programmes
of operators' organisations in the olive sector for the
purposes of the Community funding provided for in
Article 4a of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98. In order to
simplify the administration of
those provisions and
encourage extensive participation by the organisations in
the sector, some of the conditions for approval of asso-
ciations of producer organisations in the sector should
be amended.

the provisions on the

Since
funding of work
programmes are new, drawing up work programmes by
approved operators' organisations requires considerable
preparatory work. The relevant time limits referred to in
Regulation (EC) No 1334/2002 should therefore be
extended.

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

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

Article 1

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

1. Article 2(3) is replaced by the following:

‘3. Without prejudice to Article 10(1) of this Regulation,
operators organisations in the olive sector and associations
thereof approved under Article 20c of Regulation No 136/
66/EEC and other operators' organisations in the olive
sector recognised by the Member State which submit a work
programme in accordance with Article 5 shall be deemed
approved under this Regulation where they meet the criteria
referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. However, associations of
producer organisations may include a maximum of 10 % of
producer organisations not approved under point (a) or a
maximum of seven such organisations.’

2. In Article 3(1),

‘31 March 2003’

is replaced by ‘31 May

2003’.

3. In the first subparagraph of Article 5(2), ‘31 March 2003’ is

replaced by ‘31 May 2003’.

4. In the first subparagraph of Article 6(3), ‘31 May 2003’ is

replaced by ‘31 July 2003’.

5. In the first and second subparagraphs of Article 11(2), ‘30

June 2003’ is replaced by ‘5 September 2003’.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 31 March 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 2003.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 195, 24.7.2002, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 300, 5.11.2002, p. 4.