CELEX: 31972R2412
Language: en
Date: 1972-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2412/72 of the Commission of 17 November 1972 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2510/71 on detailed rules for the subsidy for olive oil

46                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
18.11.72                           Official Journal of the European Communities                    No L 260/19
                      REGULATION (EEC) No 2412/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                of 17 November 1972
             amending Regulation (EEC) No 2510/71 on detailed rules for the subsidy
                                                     for olive oil
THE    COMMISSION         OF THE EUROPEAN          COM­       HAS ADOPTED         THIS REGULATION:
MUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                         Article 1
European Economic Community;
                                                              In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2510/71
Having regard to Council Regulation No                        the words 'the 1971/72 and 1972/73 marketing
136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the                       years' shall be substituted for 'the 1971/72
common organization of the market in oils                     marketing year'.
and fats , as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1547/72,2 and in particular Article 10 (3)
thereof;                                                                             Article 2
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                     The following shall be substituted for
No 2311/713 of 29 October 1971 on the subsidy                 Article 2 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2510/71 :
for olive oil, as last amended by Regulation                       '(e) furthermore, the person concerned
(EEC) No 2323/73 ,4 and in particular Article 8 (2)                shall, where appropriate, certify in his
thereof;                                                           applications for the 1971/72 and 1972/73
                                                                   marketing years that the cultivation declara­
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2323/72 extended                       tions lodged for the preceding marketing
Regulation (EEC) No 2311/71 for the 1972/73                        years are still valid.'
marketing year; whereas Commission Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2510/715 of 22 November 1971
on detailed rules for the subsidy for olive oil,                                     Article 3
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2765/71 ,6
should be extended for the same period;
                                                              In Article 4 (4) (b) and (5) (c) of Regulation
Whereas experience has shown that the provi­                   (EEC) No 2510/71 the words 'the 1971/72 and
sions relating to production areas and target                  1972/73 marketing years' shall be substituted
yields should be supplemented to ensure correct               for the words 'the 1971/72 marketing year'.
application of the subsidy system;
Whereas the measures provided for in this                                            Article 4
Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion
of the Management Committee for Oils and                      The following shall be substituted for Article 8
Fats ;                                                        of Regulation (EEC) No 2510/71 :
                                                                   '1 .   The target yields referred to in
                                                                   Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2311/71
                                                                   shall be set for production areas determined
1  OJ  No  172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66
2  OJ  No L 165, 21.7.1972, p . 1 .                                with due regard to the factors which could
3  OJ  No  L 244, 30.10.1971 , p . 7.                              influence olive and oil yields.
4  OJ  No L 249, 4.11.1972, p. 4.
s  OJ  No  L 259, 24.11.1971 , p. 9.                               When the production areas are being
6  OJ  No  L 283 , 24.12.1971, p. 31 .                             determined, account shall be taken of:
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— the geographical and geological situation                                 Article 5
    of the area,
                                                     The following Article 8 (a) shall be added to
— the predominant varieties, the type of             Regulation (EEC) No 2510/71 :
    pruning most commonly used and the
    age of the trees.                                    'Article 8(a)
                                                         1.    Each Member State shall take the
2.      The target yields for olives shall               necessary measures to ensure:
represent the quantity of olives harvested
per tree during the 1972/73 marketing year,             — coordination of actions taken to imple­
based on a representative number of trees,                   ment this Regulation,
maintained and producing, for each produc­              — that information relating to production
tion area. These yields shall relate to non­                 areas and target yields is centralised.
irrigated trees.
                                                        2.     Producing Member States shall imme­
For irrigated trees, the yields mentioned                diately inform the Commission of provisions
above shall be increased by a percentage to              adopted by them in pursuance of this
be determined by the producing Member                    Regulation and communicate to it informa­
States .                                                tion relating to production areas and target
                                                        yields for olives and for oil.'
3.      The target yields for oil shall represent
the average quantity of oil per 100 kilo­                                   Article 6
grammes of olives which it is possible to
obtain from the pressing of the olives               The following shall be substituted for
produced in each production area over the            Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2510/71 :
entire oil-producing season.
                                                        £2 .    For each of the products placed under
When these yields are being set, account                 control, the deposit shall be equal to the
shall be taken of pressings of representative            subsidy for the quantity of oil contained in
samples of olives harvested in each produc­             these products, plus 10% . This quantity
tion area during the pressing period, with               shall  be   calculated in    accordance with
particular reference to the plant available             Articles 5, 6 (2) and 7 (2) of Council Regula­
at the oil-mills which serve the production             tion (EEC) No 443/721 of 29 February 1972
areas .                                                  on the levies on refined olive oil and on
                                                         certain products containing olive oil.'
A minimum of three pressings shall be
carried out, i.e. at the beginning, middle,
and end of the pressing period.                                             Article 7
The target yields shall be set on a date to be       This Regulation shall enter into force on the
fixed by the Member States, which may be             day following its publication in the Official
no later than 31 July 1973 .'                        Journal of the European Communities.
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
         Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 17 November 1972.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                       S. L. MANSHOLT
                                                     1 OJ No L 54, 3.3.1972, p. 3.
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