7.6.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 168/55 COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 61 1/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the support programmes for the olive-oil and table-olives sector THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (*), and in particular Article 30 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 lays down rules relating to the work programmes to support the olive-oil and table-olives sector. Those rules should be supplemented in order to guarantee that Union aid is utilised efficiently and effectively. The new rules should replace those laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 867/2008 (3), which should be repealed as a result. (2)  So that the work programmes can be implemented effectively, it should be laid down that Union funding will be allocated in proportion to their duration, while ensuring that the annual expenditure for implementing approved work programmes does not exceed the amount laid down in Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. (3)  In order to ensure the overall consistency of the activities of recognised producer organisations, recognised associ- ations of producer organisations and recognised interbranch organisations (hereinafter ‘the recipient organ- isations’), the types of measure eligible for Union funding and the types of activity not eligible should be specified. The procedure for submitting the work programmes and the criteria for selecting them should also be specified. The Member States concerned should be allowed to lay down additional eligibility requirements so that the measures can be better adapted to national conditions in the olive sector. (4)  In the light of experience, the Union funding thresholds should be set at least for the areas of improving the environmental impact of olive cultivation, improving the competitiveness of olive cultivation through modernisa- tion and traceability, certification and protection of the quality of olive oil and table olives by means of, in par- ticular, quality control of the olive oils sold to end consumers, so as to ensure that at least a minimum number of measures are implemented in sensitive priority areas. (5)  In order to ensure that the work programmes are implemented in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and that the system of support for the recipient organisations is subject to effective administrative management, procedures should be laid down for processing approval applications and selecting and approving work programmes. (6)  Article 231 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 stipulates that all multiannual programmes adopted before 1 January 2014 must continue to be governed by the relevant provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 12342007 () until those programmes come to an end. It should therefore be laid down that Regulation (EC) No 867/2008 will continue to apply to the work programmes which are ongoing when this Regulation enters into force, () OJL347,20.12.2013,p. 671. (*) Commission Regulation (EC) No 867/2008 of 3 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards operators’ organisations in the olive sector, their work programmes and the financing thereof (OJ L 237, 4.9.2008, p. 5). () Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1).