L 265/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.9.98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2076/98 of 29 September 1998 fixing the olive yields and oil yields for the 1997/98 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (3, and in particular the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 5(2) thereof, 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 organisations (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1639/98 (%), and in particular Articles 18 and 19 thereof, Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 provides that the olive yields and oil yields referred to in the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 5(2) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC are to be fixed by homo- geneous production zone on the basis of the figures supplied by producer Member States; whereas the produc- tion zones were delimited by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2138/97 (°), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2075/98 (°); whereas, in the light of the figures received, the yields should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto; Whereas, however, verification may reveal the need for these yields to be corrected; 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 1997/98 marketing year the olive yields and oil yields shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 September 1998. 1 () OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. () OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 32. () OJ L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 3. () OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 38. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission () OJ L 297, 31. 10. 1997, p. 3. (°) See page 10 of this Official Journal.