Council Regulation (EEC) No 1332/92 of 18 May 1992 introducing specific measures for table olives

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1332/92  of 18 May 1992  introducing specific measures for table olives
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposals from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the production of table olives is a major economic activity, especially in certain Mediterranean regions of the Community;
Whereas the situation on the market for table olives is poorly adjusted to commercial requirements with regard to both the conditions of production and the conditions of processing and marketing;
Whereas that situation has given rise to an imbalance between supply and demand, resulting in the formation of surpluses in recent years;
Whereas there are prospects of increasing consumption, particularly through better information to existing or potential users and a more stringent adjustment of production to meet the requirements of consumers;
Whereas the various trade groups in the sector should play a special role in implementing means of developing consumption;
Whereas provision should be made for specific measures to increase the consumption of table olives to be encouraged by means of a financial contribution by the Community to these measures;
Whereas, in order to permit producer groups or associations thereof which produce and market table olives to concentrate supply and to stagger quantities released to the market by means in particular of suitable storage capacity, such groups or  associations should be encouraged, to set up working capital; whereas, to that end, provision should be made for financial contributions from the Member State and the Community, with a ceiling determined by reference to the value of production marketed  by the producer groups and associations thereof over a given marketing year;
Whereas, in view of the situation obtaining in producer Member States, cooperatives and associations thereof should be allowed to qualify for that aid for a limited period;
Whereas such measures are intended to achieve the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas there should be provision for the Community to make a financial contribution to the implementation of the measures in question through the European  Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section,