CELEX: 51979PC0481
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Date: 1979-09-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down special measures in respect of olive oil producer organizations for the marketing year 1979/80 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
laying down special measures in respect of olive oil producer organizations
                         for the marketing year 1979/ 80
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 This Regulation provides special measures for the 1979 /30 marketing year
 applying to olive oil producer organizations .    They iare identical to those who
applied in the 1978 /79 marketing year except as regards financing of producer
 organizations and are being taken , as were those for the last marketing year ,
                                            the
 pending the adoption of detailed rules of / application of Council Regulation
 ( EEC ) No 1360/78 of producer groups and associations thereof .
 The financing change is that the launching aid which will fall to be paid when
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 1360 /78 is applied will be paid this year and deducted
 from the aid given in the first year of application of the Regulation .
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( BSC )
 Laying down special measures in respect of olive oil producer organizations
                          for the marketing year 1979/ 80
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof ,
Having regard to Council Regulation 136/ 66/ EEC of 22 September 1966 on the common
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organization of the market in oils and fats , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC )
'NO            ,
Having regard to the proposal - from the Commission ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas because of delays in implementing the system laid down in Council
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Regulation ( EEC ) No 1360/ 78 of 19 June 1978 on producer groups and associations
thereof3, Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2752/ 78^ adopted for the 1978/79 marketing
year special measures in respect of organizations of olive and olive oil producers ;
Whereas the reasons for the adoption of these special measures still exist , it
being impossible for recognition of groups of olive growers under Regulation ( EEC )
No 1360/ 78 to take place within the next few months ; whereas the special measures
laid down by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2752/ 78 should therefore be retained , with certain
Adjustments , for the coming year ;
Whereas in order to make it easier for olive oil producer organizations to carry
out their work , the Member States should grant them aid covering part of their
operating costs ; whereas provision should be made for these aids , which constitute
a common measure within the meaning of Article 6 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
729/ 70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy , as
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 last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2788/ 72 , to be financed from the European
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Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , hereinafter referred to as " the Fund";
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Whereas provision should be made for the application of transitional arrangements
between the period of application of the aid arrangement referred to above and
that provided for by Article 10 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1360/ 78,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ' 0J No L 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025 ;
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  30J  No L 166,    23.6.1978, p. 1        '
   A0J No L 331 ,   28.11.1978, p. 8
   50J No L  96,    28.4.1970, p. 13     *
   60J No L 295,    30.12.1972, p. 1      r'
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 1
1. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 5(2 ) of
   Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC , during the marketing year 1979/ 80 production
   aid shall also be granted , on the basis of the quantity of olive oil
   produced / to olive growers who are mambers of a producer organization
   set up before 1 November 1979 which meets the conditions listed in
   Article 1(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2752/ 78 .
2. Those concerned shall not later than 10 November 1979 submit an application
   to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned for verification
   that the conditions set out in Article 1(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2752/ 78
   are met .-  The Member State shall :
   - take a decision on the application within one month of its submission ,
   - notify the Commission and the applicants of its decision within 15 days .
3. Member States shall verify before 1 November 1979 whether the conditions
   set out in Article 1(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2752/ 78 continue to be met
   by producer organizations set up during the marketing year 1978/ 79 under
   that Regulation .
   Member States shall immediately notify the Commission and the applicants
   of the outcome of these verifications .
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4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in
   accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No
   136/ 66/ EEC .
                                   Article 2
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1. The Member States concerned shall pay the producer organizations specified
    in Article 1 an aid to facilitate their operation in respect of the
   marketing year 1979/ 80 .   This !6id may not exceed 80% of actual administrative
    costs .                             1                1
    However , where these organizations are recognized under Regulation ( EEC )
    No 1360/ 78 the abovementioned costs shall be deducted from the aid as
    specified in Article 20 d ( 1 ) , of Regulatron No 136/ 66/ EEC to be granted
i   in respect of the first year tallowing the date of recognition
2.  The aid measures provided for in this Article shall constitute a common
    measure within the meaning of Article 6(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 729/ 70 .
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3.   The Guidance Section of the Fund shall reimburse to Member States 50% of
     their eligible expenditure under paragraph 1 .
4.   The estimated total cost of the common measure to be paid for from the
     Fund is               ECU .
5-   Article 6(5 ) of Regulation ( EE©) No 729/70 shall apply to this Regulation .
                                       Article 3
1.   Applications from Member States for reimbursement shall cover their
     expenditure in one calendar year and shall be submitted to the Commission
     before 1 July of the following year .
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     Any decision to grant aid from the Fund shall be taken in accordance with
■it  Article 7(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 729/ 70 .
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3.   Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in
     accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation ( EEC )
     No 729 /70 .                    r«
                                        Article 4
     Articles 5'3 ), 12(1 ) and 20 d ( 2 ) of Regulation No 136/ 66/ EEC
shall apply to the producer organizations specified in Article 1 of this
Regulation .
                                        Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force cm the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
 Done at Brussels .                                         For the Commission
 ---pagebreak---                            ANNEX
Estimated total cost of common measure to the Fund , Guidance Section
Olive oil production :                             5 500 000 qx
% producers associated :                                  70 %
Production covered :                               3 850 000 qx
Production aid 79 / 80 :                                  52,90 ECU/ 100 kg
Aid distributed by producer organisations :      203 665 000 ECU
Estimated operational costs
2 % of aid distributed :                           4 073 300 ECU
Payment celling 80 X :                             3 258 640 ECU
To be paid from Fund , 50 X                        1 629 320 ECU
                           Expenditore estimates
                                  1979            1980         1981           Total
     Member States * costs     325 864       2 932 776                    3 258 640
     FEOGA reimbursement                       162 932      1 466 388      1 629 320
Appropriation commitment = appropriation for payment
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 ---pagebreak---                      FINANCIAL                ITAT EMINT
                                                                                        Date :     9.8.1979
  I. BUDGET HEADING :             830D producer groups                                  APPROBATIONS :
 2. TITU :              Proposal for Council Regulation                       179 laying down special measures
       for the 1979/ 80 marketing year applying to olive oil producer organizations .
       Pending the application of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1360 / 78 and Article 20(d ) of
       tin aulul iun Hu 136 / 66 / CCC .
   5 . LEGAL BAS IS :
                                                         . Article 6 of Regulation 729 / 70
  4 . AIMS OF PROJECT »
         Facilitate the work of olive oi I producer organizations by covering part of
         their operating costs .
   S. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                         PERIOD OF 12 RONTHS  CURRENT FINANCIAL TEAR  FOLLOUINGMFINANC IAL YEAR
                                                                                 £    L     1           (          )
   J.O EXPENDITURE
         - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET                                                                            162.932
            ( RE FUNDS / INTERVENTIONS)
   "     ~ NATI0WAL ADMINISTRATION                                                 325.864                  2.932.776
         - OTHER
  -5.1 RECEIPTS
         - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
            ( LEVIES/ CUSTOMS DUTIES )
         - NATIONAL
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                                                          Year 1980 I
                                                                      i
                                                                         Year 1981                      I
 n5.0.1 ESTIMATED E*PENDITURE                               1-62.932    1.466.388
   S. 1.1 EST IMATEO RECEIPTS
    S.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
                                                             n See Annex
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    6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED F ROM APPROBIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
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I 6.1      CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
    T6.2 IS A SUPPLEMENT ART      BUDGET BE NECESSARY ? ^
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           WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROBATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
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      OBSERVATIONS :
    Provision is made by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1360 / 78 and Article 20(d ) of Regulation
    No 136 /66 / EEC for financial assistance towards certain - costs of olive oil producer
    organizations . As these Regulations arennot yet applied/                                        this Regulation
     is introduced as a transitional measure . The expenditure incurred will not exceed
     that provided for in the abovementioned Regulations .