Commission Regulation (EC) No 1221/2003 of 8 July 2003 setting the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid for the 2001/02 marketing year
Date: 2003-07-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural production, marketing, olive oil, production aid

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1221/2003

of 8 July 2003

setting the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid for
the 2001/02 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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),

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)

Under Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the unit
production aid must be adjusted 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 overrun in Spain,
France, Greece,
Italy and Portugal, account should be
taken of the estimates for the production of table olives,
expressed as olive-oil equivalent using the relevant co-
efficients referred to, in the case of Spain, in Commission
Decision 2001/650/EC (5), as amended by Decision
2001/883/EC (6), in the case of Greece, in Commission
Decision 2001/649/EC (7), as amended by Decision
2001/880/EC (8), in the case of Portugal, in Commission
Decision 2001/670/EC (9), as amended by Decision
2001/878/EC (10), in the case of France, in Commission
Decision 2001/648/EC (11), as amended by Decision
2001/879/EC (12) and, in the case of Italy, in Commis-
sion Decision 2001/658/EC (13), as amended by Decision
2001/884/EC (14).

(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 327, 12.12.2001, p. 43.
(7) OJ L 229, 25.8.2001, p. 16.
(8) OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 42.
(9) OJ L 235, 4.9.2001, p. 16.
(10) OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 40.
(11) OJ L 229, 25.8.2001, p. 12.
(12) OJ L 326, 11.12.2001, p. 41.
(13) OJ L 231, 29.8.2001, p. 16.
(14) OJ L 327, 12.12.2001, p. 44.

estimated production for

Article 17a(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 provides
that,
the
in order to determine the unit amount of
production aid for olive oil that can be paid in advance,
the
the marketing year
concerned should be determined. That amount must be
set 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 2001/02
marketing year, the estimated production and the unit
amount of
the production aid that can be paid in
advance were laid down in Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1793/2002 (15), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
15/2003 (16).

In order to determine the actual production for which
entitlement to aid is recognised, 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, in accordance with Article 14(4) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 (17), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2383/2002 (18). According to that
information, the quantity on which the aid is payable for
the 2001/02 marketing year is 1 562 531 tonnes for
Spain, 2 591 tonnes for France, 404 619 tonnes for
Greece, 711 076 tonnes for Italy and 33 613 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, setting actual produc-
tion 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 verifi-
cation 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 Article
5(1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC payable on the
eligible quantities of actual production should also be
set.

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(15) OJ L 272, 10.10.2002, p. 11.
(16) OJ L 2, 7.1.2003, p. 6.
(17) OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 50.
(18) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 122.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2001/02 marketing year, the unit amount of the
2.
production aid referred to in Article 5 of Regulation No 136/
66/EEC payable on the eligible quantities of actual production
shall be:

1.
For the 2001/02 marketing year, the actual production to
be used to calculate the aid for olive oil as referred to in Article
5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be:

— 1 562 531 tonnes

for Spain,

—

2 591 tonnes

for France,

— 404 619 tonnes

for Greece,

— 711 076 tonnes

for Italy,

— 33 613 tonnes

for Portugal.

— EUR 63,75/100 kg for Spain,

— EUR 130,40/100 kg for France,

— EUR 130,40/100 kg for Greece,

— EUR 100,45/100 kg for Italy,

— EUR 130,40/100 kg for Portugal.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 8 July 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission