# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 of 30 October 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2004/05 marketing years, Article 14

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Olive growers shall be eligible for aid in respect of the quantity of virgin olive oil they actually produce, less the production of the additional trees referred to in Article 12a, plus the flat-rate quantity of olive-residue oil provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
However, the quantity on which aid may be paid in respect of crop declarations and aid applications for the 1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2004/05 marketing years in the cases referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 and Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 shall be determined in accordance with Article 15.
2. The quantity of olive-residue oil on which the aid may be paid shall be equal to 8 % of the quantity of virgin olive oil, minus the production of the additional olive trees referred to in Article 12a, produced from the olives from which the residue has come and in respect of which entitlement to aid has been recognised in accordance with Article 2(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84.
3. For the purposes of determining the quantity of virgin olive oil actually produced, as from the 1998/99 marketing year the competent agency shall take account in particular of:
the basic data in the register of olive cultivation or the geographical information system (GIS) for olive cultivation as regards production potential. In areas not currently covered by the olive cultivation register or the GIS, the information contained in crop declarations shall be used;
the information from the computerised files referred to in Article 27;
evidence of pressing provided by approved mills;
the results of checks carried out.
4. For the purposes of fixing actual production as referred to in Article 17a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84, the Member States concerned shall inform the Commission before 15 May following each marketing year of the quantity on which the aid is payable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/2366/article/14 (the official version)
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