Commission Regulation (EC) No 629/2003 of 8 April 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 laying down measures to improve the quality of olive oil production, as regards activities eligible for Community funding
Date: 2003-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: olive-growing, product quality, production improvement

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 629/2003

of 8 April 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 laying down measures to improve the quality of olive oil
production, as regards activities eligible for Community funding

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(b) paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(i) points (b),
following:

(c),

(d) and (e) are replaced by the

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(11)
thereof,

Whereas:

Under Article 5(9) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, from
1 November 2001 1,4 % of the production aid to olive
oil and table olive producers is assigned to finance
regional measures in the Member States to improve the
quality of olive oil and table olive production and its
environmental
impact. However, Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 528/1999 (3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 593/2001 (4), makes no reference to table olive
production.

(1)

(2)

(3)

‘(b) improvement of

the conditions under which
olive trees are grown and treated, olives are
harvested,
stored and processed and the
resulting oils and table olives are stored;

(c) technical assistance to growers, mills and table
olive processors to help improve the environ-
ment, the quality of the olives produced and
their processing into oil and table olives;

(d) improvement of the disposal of crushing and
processing residues so that the environment is
not harmed;

(e) training, information provision and demonstra-
tions for farmers, mills and table olive proces-
sors on olive oil and table olive quality and the
environmental
impact of olive oil and table
olive production;’;

Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(ii) point (g) is replaced by the following:

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

‘(g) collaboration with

specialist

on
research programmes to improve the quality of
virgin olive oil and table olives and at the same
time help improve the environment.’;

agencies

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1. the title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 of 10 March
1999 laying down measures to improve the quality of olive
oil and table olive production’;

2. Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

This Regulation specifies

‘1.
to be
undertaken and procedures to be followed to improve
the quality of olive oil and table olive production at
regional level and its impact on the environment.’;

the measures

(c) in paragraph 3, the second subparagraph is replaced by

the following:

‘Insecticides against olive fly must be used in conjunc-
tion with protein baits. However in special circum-
stances the use of insecticides without protein baits may
be authorised under the direction of the agency respon-
sible for prescribing treatments. Insecticides and their
mode of application must be such that no residue in
olives from the zones in question or in the oil or table
olives produced from them exceeds the maximum levels
authorised by Community legislation.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(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.

It shall apply from 1 November 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 April 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission