15. 12. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 366/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3602/92 of 14 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 27/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down special measures in respect of olive oil THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 of 17 July 1984 laying down special measures in respect of olive oil ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 593/92(%), and in particular Article § thereof, Whereas, under Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84, the Commission may take part in the discussions held by the agency’s management ; whereas the arrangements for such participation in the discussions of the four agencies should therefore be laid down; Whereas, under Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84, Member States shall act upon the agency’s findings and shall regularly communicate to the Commis- sion details of the action taken and the sanctions applied as a result of the agency’s findings ; whereas the intervals at which such communications are to be made and their content are to be laid down; Whereas experience has shown that the period provided for in Article 6 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 27/85(%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2427/86 (*), within which the Commission is to take a decision with regard to, the amount representing the agency’s actual expenditure, is too short; whereas that period should therefore be extended; Whereas checks to ensure the correct application of Community rules imply an effort to guarantee the quality of olive oil; whereas, therefore, agencies should be allowed to take samples of the olive oil held by the operators covered by the control arrangements ; Whereas the content of the agency’s work schedule should be specified ; Whereas the areas in which personnel responsible for control must have the necessary technical knowledge should be specified ; () OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 11. () OJ No L 64, 10. 3. 1992, p. 1. () O No L 4, 5. 1. 1985, p. 5. () O] No L 210, 1. 8. 1986, p. 36. 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 Regulation (EEC) No 27/85 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 2 (3) and (4) is replaced by the following : ‘3. The number of staff on the agency’s payroll, their level of training and experience, the resources made available to them and the manner in which the agency’s departments are organized shall be such as to permit the duties referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 2262/84 to be carried out. More specifically, personnel responsible for control shall have the necessary technical knowledge and experience to enable them to carry out the checks specified in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3089/78 () and (EEC) No 2261/84 () and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 (") and (EEC) No 2677/85 ("), in particular as regards the assessment of agronomic data, technical checks on mills and processing undertakings and the scrutiny of stock records and accounts. 4. The officials shall, for the purpose of carrying out the duties assigned to them pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84, be given appropriate powers by the Member State concerned to obtain any information or evidence and carry out any checks which may be necessary for the purpose of the controls provided for, and in particular: (a) the authority to check books and other business records ; (b) the authority to make copies of or take extracts from business records; (c) the right to request that information be given verbally, on the spot; (d) the right of access to any business premises or land covered by the control arrangements; (e) the authority to take samples of the olive oil held by the natural or legal persons subject to inspec- tion.