CELEX: 51989PC0228
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-17
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

No C 142/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   8. 6. 89
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the estab-
                            lishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats
                                                      COM/89 228 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 23 May 1989)
                                                        (89/C 142/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                       Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                         Article 20a of Regulation No 136/66/CEE is replaced
                                                                 by the following:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     'Article 20a
                                                                      Olive oil used in the manufacture of preserved foods
Having regard      to   the   opinion    of  the   European           shall benefit from a system of production refunds or
Parliament,                                                           from full or partial suspension of the import levy.
Whereas Article 20a of Council Regulation No                          The general rules for the application of this Article,
136/66/EEC ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                   and the list of preserved foods as referred to above,
No 2210/88 (2), provides that olive oil used in the manu-             shall be adopted by the Council acting by a qualified
facture of preserved fish and vegetables is eligible for a            majority on a proposal from the Commission.'
production refund or for full or partial suspension of the
import levy; whereas preserved foods accordingly                                            Article 2
constitute an appreciable outlet for olive oil; whereas it is    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
advisable, in the light of the experience gained, techno-         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
logical developments in the production of preserved               European Communities.
foods which contain oil qualifying under the system
referred to above should be adopted by the Council via a         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
simplified procedure.                                             directly applicable in all Member States.
(') OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
O OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1.