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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 ,
Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 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 (EEC) No 2510/71 the words 'the 1971 /72 and Whereas experience has shown that the provi 1972/73 marketing years ' shall be substituted sions relating to production areas and target for the words 'the 1971/72 marketing year'. yields should be supplemented to ensure correct 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 ment this Regulation, based on a representative number of trees , 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 Regulation and communicate to it informa be determined by the producing Member 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
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