CELEX: 51990PC0270(01)
Language: en
Date: 1990-07-19
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN OILS AND FATS

5. 11. 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 277/1
                                                                II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the
                           establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats
                                                       COM(90) 270 final
                                        (Submitted by the Commission on 25 July 1990)
                                                          (90/C 277/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            growers depending on whether or not they produce more
                                                                    than a given quantity of olive oil; whereas the unit amount
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               of the aid should be fixed according to a flat fate for
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43            producers who do not exceed this quantity,
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,                                                          Regulation No 136/66/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
Whereas a system of maximum guaranteed quantities has               1. The following subparagraph is inserted after the first
been introduced by Article 5(1) of Council Regulation                  subparagraph of Article 4 (4):
No 136/66/EEC (a), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No ..., for production aid; whereas under this system the
unit amount of the aid is reduced when the maximum                     'If actual olive oil production during a marketing year
quantity fixed for a given marketing year is exceeded;                 exceeds the maximum guaranteed quantity fixed for
whereas, in order to ensure better market equilibrium and              that year, the intervention price for the following year
to curb expenditure on the disposal of olive oil, this system          shall be reduced by applying the coefficient referred to
should be extended to cover the intervention price;                    in the fourth subparagraph of Article 5 (1) under (b).
whereas, however, the intervention price should be reduced             However, the reduction may not exceed 3 % and it shall
only from the following marketing year; whereas a limit to             be effected by the Commission each year before the
this price reduction should be fixed;                                  beginning of the period during which intervention
                                                                       buying is open.'
Whereas the quantity of olive oil that producers may not            2. In Article 5 (1), '400' is replaced by '500'.
exceed in order to benefit from special advantages to
compensate for their small size should be revised; whereas
a flat-rate amount of additional production aid should be           3. Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following:
granted to these producers to soften the impact of the
decline in the market price which may result if the                    '2.   The aid shall be granted:
maximum guaranteed quantity is exceeded;
                                                                       — to growers who produce at least 500 kilograms of
Whereas, in the interests of sound management and in                       olive oil in a given marketing year, on the basis of the
order to simplify the system of granting production aid, a                 quantity of olive oil actually produced,
distinction should be made between two categories of olive
                                                                       — to other growers, on the basis of the number and
                                                                           production potential of the olive trees which they
(!) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                    grow and of the yields of those trees as fixed
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        according to a flat rate and provided the olives                 This aid shall be equal to the amount by which the
        produced have been pressed.'                                     intervention price has been reduced.
                                                                         2. If necessary, detailed rules for the application of
 4. The following Article is inserted after Article 5:
                                                                         this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the
                                                                         procedure laid down in Article 38.'
    'Article 5a
                                                                                               Article 2
    1. As from the 1991/1992 marketing year, for the
                                                                     This regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    duration of the period of application of the second              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    subparagraph of Article 4 (4), additional production             European Communities.
    aid shall be granted to growers who produce 500 kilo-
    grams per year or less. This aid shall amount to ECU 3           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
    per 100 kilograms.                                               applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) removing olive oil and oil cake from the list of products
                                                 subject to the STM in Portugal
                                                        COM(90) 270 final
                                       (Submitted by the Commission on 25 July 1990)
                                                           (90/C 277/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Member States into Portugal; whereas those products
                                                                    should therefore no longer be subject to the STM,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (3) thereof,                                          Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  The following products:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,            — olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 and 1510 00,
                                                                    — oil cake falling within CN codes ex 2304 00 00,
Whereas Article 249 of the Act of Accession provides for
                                                                        2305 00 00 and 2306, with the exception of CN codes ex
olive oil and oil cake to be subject to the supplementary
                                                                        2306 90 11 and 2306 90 19,
trade mechanism (STM) on importation into Portugal;
                                                                    are hereby removed from the list of products subject to the
Whereas, within the framework of the STM, the Por-                  STM on importation into Portugal from the other Member
tuguese market in these products has to a great extent been         States.
open since accession without any difficulties having arisen;
Whereas the total opening up of the Portuguese market in                                      Article 2
vegetable oils and fats at the expiry of the standstill period      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
and the introduction at the same date of aid for the
consumption of olive oil in Portugal require the liberaliz-         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
ation of imports of olive oil and oil cakes from the other          applicable in all Member States.