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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2138/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/1997/2138",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2138/97 of 30 October 1997 delimiting the homogenous olive oil production zones",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2138",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2138/97\nof 30 October 1997\ndelimiting the homogenous olive oil production zones\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the common organization of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96,\nHaving 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 organizations, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 636/95, and in particular Article 19 thereof,\nWhereas Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 lays down that the olive yields and oil yields are to be fixed by homogenous production zones, on the basis of the figures supplied by producer Member States;\nWhereas the production zones were delimited by Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1934/93 of 8 July 1993 fixing for the 1992/93 marketing year the yields of olives and olive oil as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1968/96; whereas the delimitation of the production zones has been amended on several occasions in connection with the fixing of yields of olives and olive oil for the marketing years 1993/94 to 1995/96; whereas, for administrative and structural reasons, new amendments shoud be made to the homogenous production zones for the 1996/97 marketing year, whereas, for the sake of clarity, the homogenous production zones should be delimited afresh;\nWhereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 67, 25. 3. 1995, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ L 178, 21. 7. 1993, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ L 261, 15. 10. 1996, p. 13."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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