CELEX: 51988PC0461
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-19
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2262/84 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES IN RESPECT OF OLIVE OIL

5. 10. 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 258/5
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                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down
                                            special measures in respect of olive oil
                                                      COM(88) 461 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission on 23 September 1988)
                                                        (88/C 258/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           in delays in the setting-up and/or operation of the
                                                                   agencies in certain Member States; whereas those
                                                                   Member States did not make effective use of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              maximum amounts which were earmarked for them
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   during the initial phase, when expenditure was fully
thereof,                                                           chargeable to the Community; whereas the period
                                                                   covered by the said phase should therefore be extended
                                                                   by one year without increasing the maximum amounts
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 already allocated unter the existing rules,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard      to   the  opinion    of   the    European
Parliament,
                                                                                            Article 1
                                                                   Article 1 (5) of Regulation      (EEC)   No   2262/84 is
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (1) of Council Regu-
                                                                   replaced by the following:
lation (EEC) No 2262/84 ( l ), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3462/87 (2), producer Member States                    'Over a period of five years from 1 November 1984,
must set up agencies for the purpose of carrying out                   the following percentages of the agency's actual
certain checks and duties in connection with the olive oil             expenditure shall be chargeable to the general budget
production aid scheme; whereas, in accordance with                     of the European Communities:
Article 1 (5) of the said Regulation, the Council, acting
on a proposal from the Commission, must adopt before                   — in the case of Italy, 100 % for the first three
 1 January 1989 the method for financing the agencies'                     years, up to a maximum of 14 million ECU, and
expenditure as from the 1989/90 marketing year;                            50 % for the fourth and fifth years,
                                                                       — in the case of Greece, 100 % up to a maximum of
Whereas, taking account of the important role that these                   7 million ECU.
agencies can play in ensuring that the production aid
arrangements are applied correctly and in a uniform                    Over a period of three years from 1 November 1989,
manner, provision should be made for a method of                       50 % of the actual expenditure of the Italian and the
financing their expenditure which enables them to                      Greek agencies shall be chargeable to the general
operate smoothly and efficiently within the framework of               budget of the European Communities.
administrative autonomy provided for in the Regulation;
whereas that objective can be achieved via a method                    In the case of Spain and Portugal, 100 % of the
which combines Community financing and financing by                    agency's actual expenditure during the period from 1
the Member State;                                                      March 1986 to 31 October 1990 shall be covered by
                                                                       the general budget of the European Communities up
                                                                       to a maximum of 9,3 million ECU for Spain and 4,7
Whereas the agencies in the four producer Member                       million ECU for Portugal. During the period from 1
States concerned are not in an identical situation;                    November 1990 to 31 October 1992, 5 0 % of the
whereas administrative and legal difficulties have resulted            expenditure in question shall be covered by the said
                                                                       budget.
(') OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 11.                                    Member States may, under conditions to be
(2) OJ No L 329, 20. 11. 1987, p. 2.                                   determined in accordance with the procedure
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  provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation No                  January 1992 the method for financing the expen-
   136/66/EEC (*) cover part of the expenditure to be                  diture in question as from the 1992/93 marketing year.'
  borne by them by a deduction from the Community
   aid granted for olive oil.                                                                 Article 2
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
  The Council, acting by qualified majority on a                   publication in the Official Journal of the European
  proposal from the Commission, shall adopt by 1                   Communities.
                                                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
   (*) OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.                         directly applicable in all Member States.