CELEX: 31966R0164
Language: en
Date: 1966-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 164/66/EEC of the Council of 27 October 1966 determining the main intervention centres for olive oil and laying down the criteria to be applied when other intervention centres are being determined

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   251
 3398/66                     OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                     29.10.66
                               REGULATION No 164/66/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 27 October 1966
             determining the main intervention centres for olive oil and laying down the criteria to be
                            applied when other intervention centres are being determined
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITY,
                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                              The main intervention centres for olive oil referred to
Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC1            in Article 11 (4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall
on the establishment of a common organisation of the          be those listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
market in oils and fats, and in particular Article 11 (4)
thereof ;                                                                              Article 2
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;           The number of the other intervention centres referred
                                                              to in Article 11 (4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall
Whereas , when the intervention centres for olive oil in      be in relation to the volume of olive oil production in
Community production areas are being determined,              the area in which each centre is to be established and
account should be taken of the administrative regions         the extent and location of the areas under olive trees .
(provinces or departments) of the producer Member
States ;                                                      These centres shall be situated in an area in which an
                                                              average of at least 1000 metric tons is normally pro­
Whereas a main intervention centre should be estab­           duced each year. Only places with adequate facilities
lished in each administrative region producing a             for storing oil offered to the intervention agency shall
specified minimum tonnage of olive oil ;                      be considered for this purpose.
Whereas, if the intervention system is to be organised
along rational lines, the volume of production in the                                  Article 3
different areas, the requirements of each production
area and the storage facilities , available in potential     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
centres should be taken into account when other               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
intervention centres are being determined ;                   European Communities .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 27 October 1966.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                  L. DE BLOCK
1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
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                        ANNEX
                Main intervention centres
     Imperia                         Cosenza
     Firenze                         Catanzaro
     Frosinone                       Reggio Calabria
     Salerno                         Agrigento
     Chieti                          Trapani
     Foggia                          Messina
     Bari                            Palermo
     Taranto                         Sassari
     Brindisi                        Aix-en-Provence
     Lecce