CELEX: 51989PC0660(17)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE PRODUCTION TARGET PRICE, THE PRODUCTION AID AND THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR OLIVE OIL FOR THE 1990/91 MARKETING YEAR

28. 2. 90                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                       No C 49/23
                                                            Proposal for a
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                               of . . .
                  fixing the production target price, the production aid and the intervention price for olive oil for
                                                    the 1990/91 marketing year
                                                            (90/C 49/17)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Whereas, as a result of the application of Articles 68 and 236
                                                                       of the Act of Accession, the intervention price for olive oil in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Spain and-Portugal differs from the common prices; whereas,
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       after the adjustment of the acquis communautaire with
 thereof,                                                               relation to oils and fats, the detailed rules for the alignment of
                                                                        intervention prices for olive oil applicable in Spain and
                                                                        Portugal are those provided for in the second indents of
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
                                                                        Articles 92 (2) and 290 (2) of the Act of Accession;
 and in particular Articles 89 (1), 92 (3), 234 (2) and 290 (3)
 thereof,
                                                                       Whereas Articles 95 and 293 of the Act of Accession provide
                                                                        for the granting of Community aid for the production of olive
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     oil in Spain and Portugal; whereas, pursuant to Articles 79
                                                                        and 246 of that Act, the amounts of the Community aid in
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                Spain and Portugal should be aligned on the common aid at
                                                                       the beginning of the marketing year; whereas the rules on
                                                                        that alignment result in the Spanish and Portuguese aid rates
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
                                                                        shown below;
 Committee,
                                                                       Whereas the production target price and the intervention
Whereas Articles 4 (4) and 5 (1) of Council Regulation No               price are fixed for a specific standard quality; whereas the
 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the common                          reasons which led to the determination of the standard
organization of the market in oils and fats( 1 ), as last               quality for the 1981/82 marketing year are still valid;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2902/89 (2), provide that               whereas that standard quality should therefore remain
the production target price, the production aid and the                 unchanged;
intervention price for olive oil are to be fixed in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the                   Whereas, piirsant to Article 5 (4) of Regulation No
Treaty;                                                                 136/66/EEC, a percentage of the production aid earmarked
                                                                        for olive-oil producers may be allocated to the financing of
Whereas, when the production target price for olive oil is             regional measures to improve the quality of olive-oil
fixed, account should be taken of the objectives of the                production; whereas such measures are necessary in certain
common agricultural policy and of the contribution which               production regions; whereas a part of the said aid should
the Community desires to make to the harmonious                        therefore be allocated to the financing of such measures;
development of world trade; whereas the objectives of the
common agricultural policy are, in particular, to guarantee a          Whereas, in accordance with Article 20d (1) of Regulation
fair standard of living for the farming community, and to              No 136/66/EEC, the percentage of the production aid
ensure that supplies are available and that they reach                 which may be withheld for recognized organizations of
consumers at reasonable prices;                                        olive-oil producers or associations thereof should be so
                                                                       determined that the resulting amount helps to finance the
                                                                       expenditure incurred in the work done pursuant to Articles 5
Whereas the target price referred to above must be fixed in            (3) and 20c of that Regulation; whereas that percentage
accordance with the criteria laid down in Articles 4 and 6 of          should be set at a level which enables foreseeable expenditure
Regulation No 136/66/EEC;                                              in the 1990/91 marketing year to be covered,
Whereas, if producers are to receive a fair income,
production aid must be fixed in the light of the impact which
the consumption aid has on part only of production;                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas the intervention price must be fixed in accordance
with the criteria laid down in Article 8 of Regulation No                                            Article 1
136/66/EEC;
                                                                       For the 1990 / 91 marketing year, the production target price,
(•) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                                the production aid and the intervention price for olive oil
(2) OJ No L 280, 29. 9. 1989, p. 2.                                    shall be as follows:
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(a) production target price:          ECU    322,56 per     100                                  Article 3
     kilograms;
(b) production aid:                                                   For the 1990/91 marketing year, 2 % of the production aid
     — for Spain:              ECU   39,63 per 100 kilograms,         earmarked for olive-oil producers shall be allocated to the
     — for Portugal:          ECU    35,48 per 100 kilograms,         financing of specific measures to improve the quality of olive
                                                                      oil in each producer Member State.
     — for the Community
         of Ten:              ECU    70,95 per 100 kilograms;
(c) production aid for growers whose average production
     does not exceed 400 kilograms of olive oil per year:                                        Article 4
     — for Spain:             ECU 44,38 per 100 kilograms,
     — for Portugal:          ECU 40,23 per 100 kilograms,            For the 1990/91 marketing year, the percentage of the
     — for the Community                                              production aid which may be withheld pursuant to Article
         of Ten:              ECU 81,76 per 100 kilograms;            20d (1) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC for organizations of
                                                                      olive-oil producers or associations thereof recognized under
(d) intervention price:                                               the said Regulation shall be 1,5 %.
     — for Spain:            ECU 175,42 per 100 kilograms,
     — for Portugal:         ECU 207,94 per 100 kilograms,
     — for the Community
         of Ten:             ECU 216,24 per 100 kilograms.                                      Article 5
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                            Article 2                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
The prices fixed in Article 1 shall be for ordinary virgin olive     European Communities.
oil with a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, of
3,3 grams per 100 grams.                                             It shall apply from 1 November 1990.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                                             For the Council