31988R0408

No L 40/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 2. 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 408/88 of 12 February 1988 laying down special measures for the 1987/88 marketing year for the grant of poduction aid for olive oil in Portugal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Committee for Oils and Fats, Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Portugal, and in particular Article 257 ( 1 ) thereof, Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 136/ 66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a In Portugal, for the 1987/88 marketing year, notwithstan­ common organization of the market in oils and fats ('), as ding Article 4(1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3994/87 (2), and in 2261 /84, a producer organization may not be recognized particular Article 5 thereof, under the said Regulation unless : Whereas the adoption of special measures for the 1987/88 (a) it consists, in the case of organizations producing and marketing year was subject to the extension of the transi­ increasing the market value of olives and olive oil, of at least 100 olive growers ; tional period provided for in Article 257 of the Act of Accession beyond 31 December 1987 ; whereas Council (b) it consists, in other cases, of at least 400 olive growers ; Regulation (EEC) No 4007/87 (3) extends that period to 31 should one or more organizations producing and December 1990 ; increasing the market value of olives and olive oil be a member of the organization in question, the growers Whereas, in the case of Portugal, in order to facilitate the concerned shall be considered individually for the setting-up and recognition of producer organizations in purposes of calculating the minimum number of time for the 1987/88 marketing year, provision should be growers required. made for transitional measures under which organizations which do not yet have the structure provided for in Article 2 Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261 /84 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 68/87 Q, could For the 1987/88 marketing year, the crop declarations obtain provisional recognition ; referred to in Article 3 (1 ) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261 /84, shall be lodged in Portugal by 30 June 1988 at Whereas, on account of the difficulties encountered in the latest. launching the Community system of production aid in Portugal, the period laid down for lodging olive growers Article 3 crop declarations should be extended until 30 June 1988 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas the recognition of producer organizations must publication in the Official Journal of the European take effect from the beginning of the 1987/88 marketing Communities. year ; whereas provision should therefore be made for this Regulation to apply from 1 November 1987v ; It shall apply with effect from 1 November 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 February 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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