Commission Regulation (EC) No 1878/2004 of 28 October 2004 derogating from Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 as regards the fixing of the olive yields and oil yields in Cyprus, Malta and Slovenia
Date: 2004-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia, crop yield, derogation from EU law, olive, olive oil

29.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 326/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1878/2004

of 28 October 2004

derogating from Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 as
regards the fixing of the olive yields and oil yields in Cyprus, Malta and Slovenia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

obtained. The resultant data would thus be inconsistent
and unusable for the purposes of controls.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 18 of 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 (1) provides that
the olive
referred to in Article 5(7) of
yields and oil yields
Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September
1966 on the establishment of a common organisation
of the market in oils and fats (2) are to be fixed by
homogeneous production zone on the basis of
the
figures supplied by producer Member States.

(2)

The statistical results for Cyprus, Malta and Slovenia, in
view of their modest production levels, are obtained on
the basis of a single regional area and a small sample that
figure to be
does not permit an accurate national

In order to relieve Cyprus, Malta and Slovenia of the
heavy administrative burden in applying the method
for estimating yields solely for the 2004/05 marketing
year, which in any case would produce an inadequate
result, a derogation should be made from Article 5(7)
of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and Article 18 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2261/84 and no olive yields or oil yields
should be fixed for
that
marketing year.

those Member States

for

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2004/05 marketing year, Article 5(7) of Regulation No
136/66/EEC and Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84
shall not apply to Cyprus, Malta and Slovenia.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 28 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 3.8.1984, p. 3. Regulation as

(EC) No 1639/1998 (OJ

last amended by
L 210,

Commission Regulation
28.7.1998, p. 38).

(2) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004,
p. 97).