L 333[8 Official Journal of the European Union 20.12.2005 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2080/2005 of 19 December 2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 as regards operators’ organisations in the olive sector, their work programmes and the financing thereof THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 of 29 April 2004 on the common organisation of the market in olive oil and table olives and amending Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas: 4 To ensure that approved operators organisations are effective, approval must relate to the various categories of operators having a major impact in the olive oil or table olives sectors, while ensuring that those organi- sations can guarantee compliance with certain minimum conditions that are sufficient to obtain economically significant results. To allow producer Member States to implement admin- istrative management of the system of approved operators’ organisations in the olive sector, the procedures and time-limits for the approval of such orga- nisations, the criteria for selecting their work programmes, the arrangements for paying Community financing and the allocation thereof should be laid down. Under Article 110i(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 17822003 (3, which establishes common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and certain support schemes for farmers, Member States may withhold up to 10% of the olive oil component in the national ceiling referred to in Article 41 thereof to provide Community financing for the work programmes drawn up by approved operators’ organi- sations in one or more of the areas referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2004. In accordance with the common rules on financing direct support schemes, and to allow the use of the amounts () O] L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 97, as corrected by OJ L 206, 9.6.2004, p. 37. (®» OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 118/2005 (O] L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 15). available by Member State, the annual expenditure intended for the implementation of the work programmes should not exceed the annual amounts withheld by the Member States in accordance with Article 110i(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. To ensure overall consistency between the activities of approved operators’ organisations, the types of measures that are eligible for Community financing and those that are ineligible should be laid down. The arrangements for the submission of the programmes and the selection criteria for those programmes should also be laid down. The Member States concerned should, however, be allowed to lay down additional eligibility conditions so as to gear measures more closely to the national situation in the olive sector. In the light of experience, the Community financing thresholds should be fixed at the very least for the areas of improving the environmental impacts of olive cultivation and traceability, certification and protection, under the authority of the national administrations, of the quality of olive oil and table olives by means of quality control on the olive oils sold to the final consumer so as to ensure implementation of at least a certain number of measures in sensitive priority areas. To ensure that the work programmes are implemented within the given time periods and in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 865/2004, and to ensure efficient administrative management of the system of approved operators’ organisations in the olive sector, the procedures should be laid down for applications for approval, and the selection and approval of work programmes. To allow correct use of the financing available by Member State, provision should be made for an annual amendment of the work programmes approved for the following year, to take into account any duly justified changes over the initial conditions. Member States should also be able to lay down the conditions required to amend the work programmes and redistribute the amounts allocated without exceeding the annual amounts withheld by the producer Member States pursuant to Article 110i(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.