5.12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 338/3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3500/90 of 27 November 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 laying down general rules on the granting of aid for the production of olive oil and of aid to ohve oil producer : organizations \ “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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3499/90 (3, and in particular Article § (4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Article 5§ of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides for aid for the production of olive oil to be granted on the basis of the quantity of oil actually produced to olive growers whose average production is at least 500 kilo- grams per marketing year, and to other olive growers on the basis of the number and production potential of olive trees and of the yields of such trees, as determined accor- ding to a standard method, and provided that the olives produced have actually been processed ; Whereas in order to improve supervision of the overall activities of oil mills and of the quantities eligible for the aid, the grant of aid should be subject in all cases to the condition that the olives be pressed in approved mills and that the applicant present a pressing certificate ; Whereas in order to stabilize the level of support provided by the standard aid by avoiding the large fluctuations in yields from one marketing year to the next, provision should be made for the aid to be paid on the basis of the average yield over the previous four marketing years; Whereas with regard to olive growers whose production is at least 500 kg per marketing year, it seems fairer to pay the advance on the basis of the quantity produced by each olive grower ; whereas provision should also be made for a system of more rapid payment of the advance to associate producers, by reason of the tasks of verifying their dossiers carried out by the organizations ; Whereas in order to improve the management of the aid system, the verification tasks falling to the organizations and the checks to be carried out by the Member States for - the purposes of paying the aid should be better defined ; Whereas, taking into account the specific situation of Portugal, the Member State should be authorized to take, (") OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. (3) See page 1 of this Official Journal. for a limited period, special measures for the approved mills and for cases of olive sales by producers; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84(%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1226/89 (%), should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 is hereby amended as follows : 1. In Article 2 (a) paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following : ‘4. In the case of olive growers whose average production is at least 500 kilograms of oil per marketing year, the aid shall be granted in accor- dance with the first indent of Article § (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC in respect of the quantity of oil actually produced at an approved mill. In the case of other growers, the aid shall be granted in accordance with the second indent of Article § (2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC and shall be equal to the amount obtained by applying the average olive yields and oil yields over the previous four marketing years, fixed according to a standard method in accordance with Article 18 of this Regulation, with regard to the number of olive trees in production and provided the olives are processed into oil at an approved mill.; (b) in paragraph 3§, first subparagraph the flgure ‘400’ shall be replaced by ‘500’. 2. In Article 3: (a) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following : ‘3. Olive growers who are members of a producer organization shall, by a date to be deter- mined, submit to the organization an individual aid application providing evidence that the olives have been pressed at an approved mill”; () OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 3. () OJ No L 128, 11. 5. 1989, p. 17.