No L 73/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 3.- 89 COMMISSION. REGULATION (EEC) No 671/89 of 16 March 1989 fixing tl.xe estimated production of olive oil and the amount of the unit production aid that may be paid in advance for the 1988/89 marketing year THE COMMISSION 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 2210/88 (3, - 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 organizations (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 892/88 (%), and in particular Article 17a (1) thereof, Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC provides that the unit production aid must be reduced where the actual production in a given marketing year exceeds the guaranteed maximum quantity fixed for that marketing year; whereas, however, producers whose average production does not amount to 300 kilograms of olive oil per marketing year are not afected by such a reduction ; Whereas Article 17a of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 - provides that in order. to determine the unit amount of . the production aid for olive oil that can be paid in- advance, the estimated production for the marketing year concerned should be determined; whereas that amount must be fixed at a'level -avoiding any risk of unwarranted payment to olive growers ; Whereas, in order to establish the estimated production, the Member States must forward to the Commission-the - data for the olive oil production estimates for each marketing year ; whereas the Commission may avail itself. of -other sources of information; Whereas the amount of the advance - withheld for the establishment of the register of olive cultivation provided () OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. () OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 3. () OJ No L 89, 6. 4. 1988, p. 1. for in Council . Regulation (EEC) No 1416/82 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2212/88 (¥), and the amount withheld for measures to improve the quality of olive oil provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1916/87 (¥-must be taken into account; Whereas in- Spain and Portugal, the amount of the- production aid is different from that in the other Member States ; whereas the amount of the advance in those two Member States must therefore be different; whereas, on the basis of the data available, the estimated quantity and the abovementioned amount should be fixed at the levels - given below; 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 For the 1988/89 olive oil marketing year: — the estimated production shall be 1200 000 tonnes, — the unit amount of the production aid that may be paid in advance shall be: — ECU 25,62/100 kilograms for Spain, — ECU 19,92/100 kilograms for Portugal, — ECU 67,79/100 kilograms for the other Member States. . Article 2 This Regulation shall _enter into force on the day following. its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. () OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 12. () OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 5. () O No L 183, 3. 7. 1987, p. 12.