10. 3. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 64/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 593/92 of 3 March 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down special measures in respect ' of olive oil THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (?), : Whereas, in order better to ensure the correct and effec- tive application of Community rules in the olive oil sector, it is advisable to entrust agencies with the task of carrying out the checks for all the Community aid paid in this sector, with the exception of export refunds; Whereas, in order to improve the monitoring by the Commission of the agency’s operation and activities, provision should be made for the Commission to be represented within agencies ; Whereas, in order to improve the follow-up given to the findings of the checks conducted by agencies, communi- cation needs to be established between the Member State and the Commission ; Whereas, under Article 1 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84(®), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 200/90, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, is to adopt before 1 January 1992 the method for financing the agencies’ actual expenditure as from the 1992/1993 marketing year ; whereas, in view of the extent of the tasks entrusted to agencies and of their importance for the correct and uniform application of Community rules in the sector, provision should be made, for a new period of five years, for a Community contribution to the agencies’ expendi- () OJ No C 206, 7. 8. 1991, p. 6. (3 Opinion delivered on 14 February 1992 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 11. ture enabling them to function effectively and regularly while maintaining the administrative autonomy envisaged by the rules, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 is hereby amended as follows : 1. the first subparagraph of Article 1 (1) shall be replaced by the following : ‘1. Each producer Member State shall, in ac- cordance with its legal structure, set up a specific agency for the purpose of carrying out certain activi- ties and checks in connection with Community aid for olive oil, except for export refunds.’; 2. Article 1 (2) shall be replaced by the following : 2. In order to ensure that Community rules in respect of olive oil are correctly applied, an agency as referred to in paragraph 1 shall, in accordance with the work schedule referred to in paragraph 4: — check that the work of the producer organizations and associations complies with Council Regula- tion (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 organizations (') ; — verify the accuracy of the data set out in the crop declarations and aid applications, without preju- dice to the checks carried out by the Member State pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84; — conduct checks of approved mills; - — carry out checks on the end-use of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the end-use of their by-products ;