31966R0164

Official Journal of the European Communities 251

3398/66 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 29.10.66

REGULATION No 164/66/EEC OF THE COUNCIL of 27 October 1966 determining the main intervention centres for olive oil and laying down the criteria to be applied when other intervention centres are being determined

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITY, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; The main intervention centres for olive oil referred to in Article 11 (4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC1 be those listed in the Annex to this Regulation. on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats , and in particular Article 11 (4) thereof ; Article 2

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; The number of the other intervention centres referred to in Article 11 (4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall Whereas , when the intervention centres for olive oil in be in relation to the volume of olive oil production in Community production areas are being determined, the area in which each centre is to be established and account should be taken of the administrative regions the extent and location of the areas under olive trees . (provinces or departments) of the producer Member States ; These centres shall be situated in an area in which an average of at least 1000 metric tons is normally pro­ Whereas a main intervention centre should be estab­ duced each year. Only places with adequate facilities lished in each administrative region producing a for storing oil offered to the intervention agency shall specified minimum tonnage of olive oil ; be considered for this purpose.

Whereas, if the intervention system is to be organised Article 3 along rational lines , the volume of production in the different areas, the requirements of each production area and the storage facilities , available in potential This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day centres should be taken into account when other following its publication in the Official Journal of the intervention centres are being determined ; European Communities .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 October 1966. For the Council The President L. DE BLOCK

1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.

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ANNEX

Main intervention centres

Imperia Cosenza Firenze Catanzaro Frosinone Reggio Calabria

Salerno Agrigento Chieti Trapani

Foggia Messina

Bari Palermo

Taranto Sassari Brindisi Aix-en-Provence

Lecce