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( 1 ) OJ NO 172 , 30 . 9 . 1966 , P . 3025/66 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 78 , 30 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 331 , 28 . 11 . 1978 , P . 10 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 982/79

OF 8 MAY 1979

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2753/78 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTION AID FOR OLIVE OIL FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC OF 22 SEPTEMBER 1966 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN OILS AND FATS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 590/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 6 ) AND ARTICLE 19 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 4 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2753/78 OF 23 NOVEMBER 1978 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTION AID FOR OLIVE OIL FOR THE 1978/79 MARKETING YEAR ( 3 ), PROVIDES THAT A PRODUCER ORGANIZATION SHALL SUBMIT A SINGLE AID APPLICATION EACH MONTH FOR THOSE OF ITS MEMBERS WHO COMPLETED THEIR PRODUCTION OF OIL IN THE COURSE OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH ; WHEREAS EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT , OWING TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF EACH ORGANIZATION AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CONTROLS TO BE CARRIED OUT , SOME ORGANIZATIONS ARE UNABLE TO PUT FORWARD THE AID APPLICATION IN QUESTION EACH MONTH ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO AVOID THESE DIFFICULTIES , ARTICLE 4 OF THE REGULATION CITED ABOVE SHOULD THEREFORE BE ADAPTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 4 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2753/78 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' WHERE GROWERS ARE MEMBERS OF A PRODUCER ORGANIZATION , THAT ORGANIZATION SHALL , EACH MONTH , SUBMIT A SINGLE AID APPLICATION FOR ALL MEMBERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PRODUCTION OF OIL , PROVIDED THAT THE CHECKS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . MEHAIGNERIE