CELEX: 31988R0408
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 408/88 of 12 February 1988 laying down special measures for the 1987/88 marketing year for the grant of production aid for olive oil in Portugal

No L 40/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    13. 2. 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 408/88
                                                      of 12 February 1988
                 laying down special measures for the 1987/88 marketing year for the grant of
                                          poduction aid for olive oil in Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Committee for Oils and Fats,
Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Portugal, and in particular Article 257 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 136/
66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a              In Portugal, for the 1987/88 marketing year, notwithstan­
common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as         ding Article 4(1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3994/87 (2), and in            2261 /84, a producer organization may not be recognized
particular Article 5 thereof,                                      under the said Regulation unless :
Whereas the adoption of special measures for the 1987/88           (a) it consists, in the case of organizations producing and
marketing year was subject to the extension of the transi­              increasing the market value of olives and olive oil, of
tional period provided for in Article 257 of the Act of                 at least 100 olive growers ;
Accession beyond 31 December 1987 ; whereas Council                (b) it consists, in other cases, of at least 400 olive growers ;
Regulation (EEC) No 4007/87 (3) extends that period to 31               should one or more organizations producing and
December 1990 ;                                                         increasing the market value of olives and olive oil be a
                                                                        member of the organization in question, the growers
Whereas, in the case of Portugal, in order to facilitate the            concerned shall be considered individually for the
setting-up and recognition of producer organizations in                 purposes of calculating the minimum number of
time for the 1987/88 marketing year, provision should be                growers required.
made for transitional measures under which organizations
which do not yet have the structure provided for in                                           Article 2
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261 /84 (4), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 68/87 Q, could                For the 1987/88 marketing year, the crop declarations
obtain provisional recognition ;                                    referred to in Article 3 (1 ) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas, on account of the difficulties encountered in
                                                                    2261 /84, shall be lodged in Portugal by 30 June 1988 at
                                                                    the latest.
launching the Community system of production aid in
Portugal, the period laid down for lodging olive growers                                      Article 3
crop declarations should be extended until 30 June 1988 ;
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas the recognition of producer organizations must              publication in the Official Journal of the European
take effect from the beginning of the 1987/88 marketing             Communities.
year ; whereas provision should therefore be made for this
Regulation to apply from 1 November 1987v ;                         It shall apply with effect from 1 November 1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 12 February 1988.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
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