Commission Regulation (EC) No 2384/2002 of 30 December 2002 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 with regard to the maintenance of olive groves in traditional olive-growing areas

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2384/2002
of 30 December 2002
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 with regard to the maintenance of olive groves in traditional olive-growing areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 442/2002(2), and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2813/94(4), lays down the conditions for the grant of the flat-rate aid per hectare for the maintenance of olive groves in traditional olive growing-areas of the smaller Aegean islands.
(2) There are grounds for adding to the eligibility criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93 a condition corresponding to Article 24(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 of 30 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04 marketing years(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1249/2002(6), which establishes the minimum size of the olive-growing parcel that can qualify for the aid for the production of olive oil.
(3) Regulation (EEC) No 2837/93 must therefore be amended.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,