13.8.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L213/25 COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1999 on the granting of aid for the production of table olives in Portugal (notified under document number C(1999) 2462) (Only the Portuguese version is authentic) (1999/564/EC) 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 organ- isation of the market in oils and fats (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 (3), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof, (1) ~ Whereas Article 5(4) of Regulation No 136/66/EEC grants the Member States the possibility of allocating part of their national guaranteed quantities and of their olive-oil production aid to support for table olives under conditions to be approved by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of that Regulation; (2)  Whereas Portugal has presented a request in respect of the 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years; (3)  Whereas provision should be made for the aid to be granted to growers of processed table olives from olive groves in Portugal and the conditions governing the granting of the aid should be specified; (4)  Whereas the processing period should be defined as running from 1 September to 31 August; whereas olives which have undergone initial treatment in brine lasting at least 15 days, and have been removed from the brine definitively or, failing that, have undergone treatment making them fit for human consumption should be deemed to be processed olives; (5)  Whereas the weight of processed table olives on which aid is payable, and the equivalence between processed table olives and olive oil should be determined for the purposes of calculating the unit aid on table olives and of administering the national guaranteed quantities; (6)  Whereas undertakings processing table olives must be approved in accordance with conditions to be deter- mined; (7  Whereas provisions should be laid down for checks on aid for table olives; whereas those provisions must in particular cover crop declarations by table-olive growers, () O] 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. () O] L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 32. notifications by processors of the quantities of olives delivered by growers and leaving the processing chain, and the obligations on paying agencies regarding controls; whereas provision should be made for penal- ties on table-olive growers where their declarations conflict with the results of checks conducted; (8)  Whereas the information needed for calculating the aid to be granted to growers of processed table olives should be determined; whereas an advance on the aid may be granted under certain conditions; (99 Whereas Portugal must notify the Commission of the national measures adopted for the purposes of applying this Decision and of the information used for calculating the advance on the aid and the definitive aid; (10)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Qils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 For the 1999/2000 and 2000/01 olive-oil marketing years, Portugal is hereby authorised to grant aid for the production of table olives in accordance with this Decision. Article 2 1. Aid for the production of table olives shall be granted to growers of olives which come from olive groves in Portugal and are sent to approved processing undertakings for processing into table olives. 2. For each olive-oil marketing year, aid shall be granted for table olives processed between 1 September of the preceding marketing year and 31 August of the marketing year concerned. 3. Within the meaning of this Decision ‘processed table olives’ means olives that have undergone for at least 15 days initial treatment in brine, and have been removed from the brine definitively or, failing that, have undergone treatment making them fit for human consumption.