L 63/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 12.3.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 534/1999 of 11 March 1999 fixing the ceilings on financing for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil production in the 1999/2000 production cycle 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 (%), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/ 1999 of 10 March 1999 laying down measures to improve the quality of olive-oil production (}), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof, Whereas Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 provides that ceilings be fixed, for each 12- month production cycle, on financing for measures to improve the quality of olive-oil production and its envir- onmental impact in each producer Member State; Whereas, for the first year of application of Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 and in view of the date of its entry into force, a later deadline for drawing up the action programme for the 1999/2000 production cycle should be provided for; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2095/98 of 30 September 1998 fixing the estimated production of olive oil and the amount of the unit production aid that may be paid in advance for the 1997/98 marketing year (*) esti- mates production at 2 290 600 tonnes; whereas this cor- responds to 1157 000 tonnes for Spain, 422 000 tonnes for Greece, 670 000 tonnes for Italy, 39 000 tonnes for Portugal and 2600 tonnes for France; whereas the amount withheld from production aid for this olive-oil marketing year serves as a basis for financing measures to improve the quality of the oil during the production cycle commencing on 1 May 1999; Whereas the measures have relatively fixed minimum costs; whereas the ceilings on total financing for some Member States may therefore prove to be too low; 1 () OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66. () OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 32. () OJ L 62, 11. 3. 1999, p. 8. () OJ L 266, 1. 10. 1998, p. 62. whereas, as a result, appropriate limits should be estab- lished for these cases; 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 production cycle from 1 May 1999 to 30 April 2000, the ceiling on financing for the measures laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) 528/1999 shall be: — Spain: EUR 14039 000 — Greece: EUR 5846000 — France: EUR 49 000 — Italy: EUR 9081 000 — Portugal: EUR 632 000. Article 2 Notwithstanding Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 528/ 1999, the deadline for drawing up the action programme for the 1999/2000 production cycle shall be 30 April 1999. Article 3 Notwithstanding Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 528/ 1999, the additional national contribution from Member States whose maximum financing laid down in Article 1 is EUR 100000 or less shall be no more than EUR 250 000. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.