Commission Regulation (EC) No 997/2005 of 29 June 2005 setting the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid for the 2003/2004 marketing year
Date: 2005-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, olive oil, production aid, production quota

30.6.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 997/2005

of 29 June 2005

setting the actual production of olive oil and the unit amount of the production aid for the
2003/2004 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common orga-
nisation of the market in oils and fats (1), and in particular
Article 5 thereof,

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 (2), and in particular Article 17a(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

the estimates

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 Greece,
Italy and Portugal, account should be
Spain, France,
taken of
table
equivalent using the
olives,
expressed as olive-oil
in the case of Greece,
relevant coefficients referred to,
in Commission Decision 2001/649/EC (3),
in the case
in
of Spain,
Commission Decision
the
case
2001/648/EC (5),
in Commission
Decision 2001/658/EC (6) and in the case of Portugal,
in Commission Decision 2001/670/EC (7).

in Commission Decision 2001/650/EC (4),

France,
in the case of

the production of

Italy,

for

of

in

(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 97).

(2) OJ L 208, 3.8.1984, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1639/1998 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 38).

(3) OJ L 229, 25.8.2001, p. 16. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/607/EC (OJ L 274, 24.8.2004, p. 13).

(4) OJ L 229, 25.8.2001, p. 20. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/607/EC.

(5) OJ L 229, 25.8.2001, p. 12. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/607/EC.

(6) OJ L 231, 29.8.2001, p. 16. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/607/EC.

(7) OJ L 235, 4.9.2001, p. 16. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/607/EC.

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
the estimated production for the marketing
advance,
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
2003/2004 marketing year,
the estimated production
and the unit amount of the production aid that can be
paid in advance were laid down in Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1807/2004 (8).

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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
in accordance with Article 14(4) of
Member State,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 (9). According
to that information, the quantity on which the aid is
is
payable
342 997 tonnes
for
Spain, 3 284 tonnes for France, 736 198 tonnes for
Italy and 34 644 tonnes for Portugal.

year
for Greece, 1 570 169 tonnes

2003/2004 marketing

the

for

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 production
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 verification of
the accuracy of
information under the accounts
clearance procedure.

that

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,

(8) OJ L 318, 19.10.2004, p. 13.
(9) OJ L 293, 31.10.1998, p. 50. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1432/2004 (OJ L 264, 11.8.2004, p. 6).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2003/2004 marketing year, the actual production
1.
to be used to calculate the aid for olive oil as referred to in
Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be:

— 342 997 tonnes for Greece,

— 1 570 169 tonnes for Spain,

— 3 284 tonnes for France,

— 736 198 tonnes for Italy,

— 34 644 tonnes for Portugal.

For the 2003/04 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:

— EUR 129,64/100 kg for Greece,

— EUR 64,03/100 kg for Spain,

— EUR 130,40/100 kg for France,

— EUR 97,83/100 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, 29 June 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission