No L 14/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 1. 89 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 98/89 of 17 January 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil 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 Septembcr 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, and in particular Article 5 (5) thereof, Whereas olive growers may have olives pressed in a Member State other than that in which they are produced ; whereas, in order to ensure proper application of the system of aid, provision should be made for administrative cooperation between the Member State in which the oil was obtained and that in which the olives originated ; whereas, in order to ensure effective control of the processing of the olives, the grant of aid should be * made conditional on their being pressed at an approved mill ; Whereas the determination of the olive yields and oil yields for the 1987/88 marketing year has been delayed, whereas the time limit for the submission of "aid applications for that year should therefore be extended ; Whereas expetience has shown that some olive growers who are members of producers’ organizations are not interested in the system of production aid ; whereas, with a view to the proper application of the system of financing the associations, these growers should be ignored for the purposes of the calculation of such financing ; Whereas technical and health rules are needed to prevent the contamination of olive oil; whereas, to this end, approval of olive mills should be made conditional on compliance with regulations guarantecing the quality of the product; Whereas, in determining the number of olive growers to be verified, who are not members of producers’ organl- zations, the fact that the register of olive cultivation is being introduced only gradually in the Member States should be allowed for; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 (), -as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1337/88 (%), provides that, where there is doubt as to the quantity () OJ No 172, 30. 9. 1966, 3025/6& o L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. o L 288, 1. 11. 1984, p. 52 o L 124, 18. 5. 1988, p. 15. oo 288 zzzz ‘actually produced, the Member State concerned is to determine the quantity eligible for aid on the basis of the production potential and standard olive yields and oil yields ; whereas, in certain cases where irregularities have been discovered, it has been found that the quantity determined on a standard basis exceeded the quantity in respect of which the aid had been applied for ; whereas, to prevent certain growers from being paid too much aid it should be laid down that the quantity eligible for aid may not under any circumstances exceed the quantity in respect of which aid has been applied for; Whereas. experience has shown that the computerized files established by certain Member States do not serve the purpose for which they were intended; whereas, to remedy the situation, the minimum characteristics of those files should be defined more clearly ; whereas, in view of the adjustments to be made, extra time should be allowed for completing the files; Whereas, in the interests of sound administration, detailed rules should be laid down for the calculation of the quantity for which aid is to be granted, both to producers who are paid on a standard basis and to those who are paid in relation to the quantity actually produced; whereas time limits for the payment of the aid should also be fixed; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Qils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3061/84 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following paragraph 6 is added to Article 1: ‘6. Where all or part of the production of an olive grower is pressed in an approved mill located in a Member State other than that in which the olives were harvested, the aid application shall be submitted to the competent agency of the Member State where the oil was -produced. In such a case, the latter Member State shall, after having checked the records of the mill concerned, transmit to the Member State of origin of the olives the aid application and the information concerning the check at the mill. The Member State responsible for payment, after having verified' that all the requirements for the grant of the aid are met, shall pay the production aid.