31971R2311

Official Journal of the European Communities

30.10.71 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 244/ 7

REGULATION (EEC) No 2311 /71 OF THE COUNCIL of 29 October 1971 on the subsidy for olive oil

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , gives entitlement thereto, provision should be made for a system of administrative supervision to check that the quantities of oil in respect of which Having regard to Council Regulation No applications for subsidy are made are consistent with 136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the the potential production of ' olives and oil during the establishment of a common organisation of the marketing year in question and with the quantities of market in oils and fats, as last amended by the products from which the oil is extracted and the Regulation (EEC) No 2554/70,2 and in particular quantities of oil actually produced; Article 10 ( 2 ) thereof;

Whereas such supervision should be based on the Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and stock records of oil mills and extraction plants and on a system of cultivation declarations ; whereas, to fats between the Community and Greece, arid in ensure the proper working of the supervision system, particular Article 8 thereof; the accuracy of the stock records and cultivation declarations should be verified by the Member States ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Whereas, however, to simplify the application of the Whereas the principles must be laid down under subsidy system to olive-residue oil, provision should which the subsidy referred to in Article 10 of be made for the determination of the quantity of such Regulation No 136/66/EEC will be granted to olive oil which will be accepted for the subsidy to be oil producers for the 1971/72 marketing year; effected on the basis of the production of oil by whereas, moreover, measures should be adopted to extraction ; ensure that the subsidy is granted only for olive oil produced in the Community from olives harvested in Whereas the system of administrative supervision the Community, and in respect of which the subsidy referred to above must be supplemented by has not already been granted; Community supervision for raw materials imported from Greece and from third countries; Whereas, to ensure the proper working of the subsidy system, the subsidy should be granted only for HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : quantities of oil in respect of which applications are submitted within oil-producing regions ; whereas, in order to simplify the application of the system, Article 1 provision should be made for Member States to fix the number of applications for subsidy which can be For the 1971 /72 marketing year, the subsidy referred made during the marketing year; to in Article 10 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC shall be granted in respect of olive oil falling within the Whereas, the subsidy in question is of . considerable definitions contained under 1 and 4 of the Annex to importance for oil producers and constitutes a that Regulation. financial burden for the Community; whereas, to ensure that the subsidy is granted only, for such oil as Article 2

1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. 1 . The subsidy shall be granted upon application 2 OJ No L 275 , 19.12.1970, p . 5 . to be made by the persons concerned in the 3 OJ No 197, 29.10.1 966, p. 3393/66. oil-producing regions of the Community.

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2. The producing Member States shall fix, Article 5 according to criteria to be determined, the number of applications which each person may submit and the­ Every producer of olives for the production of oil time limit for submission of such applications. shall lodge a cultivation declaration which shall, contain, at the least, information regarding the area Article 3 planted with olive trees and the number of olive trees cultivated and producing within that area. 1 . Each producing Member State shall set up a Cultivation declarations lodged for the 1969/70 and system of administrative supervision to ensure that 1970/71 marketing years shall also be valid for the the products in respect of which applications are 1971 /72 marketing year unless the producer's made for subsidy are products which give entitlement thereto . undertaking has changed in such a way as to alter potential production of olives and oil. 2. As regards the type of oil referred to under 1 of the Annex to Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the supervision must, in particular, include a check that Article 6 the quantity of oil in respect of which an application is made for subsidy by a person concerned is 1 . Consistency between the quantity of oil in consistent with : respect of which subsidy is applied for and the (a) the quantity of olives harvested within the potential production referred to in Article 3 (2) (c) Community and used for the production of such shall be verified by checking the information oil , contained in the cultivation declarations against the target yields referred to in paragraph 2. ( b) the actual quantity of oil produced, ( c) the potential production of olives and oil during 2 . Target yields for olives and for oil shall be set . the marketing year in question . by bodies designated for the purpose by the producing Member States . 3 . As regards the type of oil referred to under 4 of the Annex to Regulation No 136/66/EEC, the supervision must, in particular, include a check that Article 7 the quantity of oil in respect of which an application is made for subsidy by a person concerned is consistent with : The producing Member States shall :

(a) the quantity of olive residue obtained from olives ( a) verify the accuracy of the stock records referred harvested within the Community and used for to in Article 4 ( a); the production of such oil, (b) verify the accuracy of cultivation declarations by (b ) the actual quantity of oil produced in extraction spot checks in situ. plants .

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, Article 8 producing Member States may determine the quantity of olive-residue oil which will be accepted for subsidy, particularly on the basis of production of 1 . A Community system is hereby set up for the type of oil referred to under 1 of the Annex to supervision of products as referred to in Article 1 (2 ) Regulation No 136/66/EEC. (d) and (e) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC which are imported from Greece or from third countries .

Article 4 This system may be accompanied by the lodging of a deposit which, in respect of olives , shall be confined For the purposes of the supervision referred to in to products referred to in Article 15 ( 1 ) of that Article 3, producing Member States shall : Regulation. ( a) oblige oil mills and, subject to Article 3 (4), extraction plants for olive-residue oil to keep 2. Detailed rules for the application of this Article records of their stocks, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure (b) apply a system of cultivation declarations in laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No accordance with Articles 5 and 6. 136/66 /EEC .

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Article 9 attained, a decision will be taken, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation The Member States shall communicate to the No 136/ 66/EEC, as to the amendments which should Commission, before they become applicable, all be made thereto by the Member State concerned. provisions adopted by them in pursuance of this Regulation. Article 10

Should the provisions in question not be apt to This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November enable the objectives of this Regulation to be 1971 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 October 1971 .

For the Council The President

L. NATALI