COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2075/98 of 29 September 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2138/97 delimiting the homogenous olive oil production zones

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the common organisation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to olive oil producer organisations (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1639/98 (4), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 lays down that the olive yields and oil yields are to be fixed by homogenous production zones, on the basis of the figures supplied by producer Member States;

Whereas the production zones are designated in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2138/97 of 30 October 1997 delimiting the homogenous olive oil production zones (5); whereas, for administrative and structural reasons, amendments should be made to the homogenous production zones for the 1997/98 marketing year, particularly in Spain, France and Greece;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2138/97 is amended as follows:

1. in point B:

(a) for zone 1: '11 Aude`, the following are added: 'Peyriac-de-Mer` and 'Villeneuve-les-Corbières`;

(b) for zone 3: '30 Gard`, the following are added: 'Corbès`, 'Monclus` and 'Seynes`;

(c) for zone 9, codes '20 A` and '20 B` are replaced by '2 A` and '2 B` respectively;

2. in point C:

(a) for nomos '脜玫芒茂脽谩貌`, '脕茫脽茂玫` is deleted from zone 12 and '脣é梅谩盲脽茂玫` is deleted from zone 13;

(b) for nomos '脟毛氓脽谩貌`, '脕茫脽谩 脢玫帽é谩锚脼`, '露贸么帽谩貌`, '脢帽玫眉芒帽玫贸ç` and '脭贸é冒é谩铆脺` are added to zone 2;

(c) for nomos '脣脺帽é贸谩貌`, '露茫é茂é 脕铆脺帽茫玫帽茂é`, '脙谩毛脼铆ç`, '脫脺冒冒氓é茂`, '脣茂玫么帽眉 脣脺帽é贸谩貌`, '脤茂贸梅茂梅镁帽é`, '脙谩毛谩铆眉芒帽玫贸ç`, '脛谩矛脺贸é`, '脣眉枚茂貌`, '脨帽谩é么镁帽é`, '脣脺帽é贸谩`, '脜毛氓玫è氓帽谩脽`, '脢茂玫么贸眉梅氓帽茂`, '脢玫冒脺帽é贸贸茂`, '脥脽锚谩é谩` and '×脺毛锚ç` are added to zone 4;

(d) for nomos '脤氓贸贸ç铆脽谩貌`, '脕铆氓矛茂矛媒毛茂玫`, '脕帽é茂梅霉帽脽茂玫`, '脨ç盲脼矛谩么茂貌`, '脨毛谩么脻茂貌` and '脨眉毛é谩铆ç貌` are added to zone 4;

(e) for nomos '脫脺矛茂玫`, in zone 1, '脕茫脽霉铆` is replaced by '脕茫脽霉铆 脠氓茂盲镁帽霉铆`;

3. in point D, under the heading 'Comunidad aut贸noma Arag贸n`:

(a) in the province 'Zaragoza`:

- 'Bisimbre` is added to zone 1,

- 'Torrijo de la Ca帽ada` is added to zone 2,

- 'Aguil贸n`, 'Botorrita` and 'Pina de Ebro` are added to zone 3,

- 'Alag贸n`, 'Caba帽as de Ebro`, 'Litago`, 'Luceni` and 'Villanueva de Gallego` are added to zone 4,

- 'Mezalocha`, 'Tosos` and 'Vileu帽a (La)` are added to zone 5,

- 'Bujaraloz`, 'Gelsa`, 'Mar铆a de Huerva` and 'Moyuela` are added to zone 6;

(b) in the province 'Teruel`:

- 'Gargallo` is added to zone 3,

- 'Arens de Lledo`, 'Crivillen`, 'Fuentespalda`, 'Mas de las Matas` and 'Pe帽arroya de Tastavins` are added to zone 4;

(c) in the province 'Huesca`:

- 'Lupi帽en Ortilla` is added to zone 2,

- 'Valfarta` is added to zone 5,

- 'Alcal谩 del Obispo`, 'Biscarrues`, 'Castej贸n de Monegros`, 'Castillazuelo`, 'Gra帽en`, 'Pe帽alba`, 'Peralta de Calasanz`, 'Pozan de Vero` and 'Tierz` are added to zone 5.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.

(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 32.

(3) OJ L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 3.

(4) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 38.

(5) OJ L 297, 31. 10. 1997, p. 3.