{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-2366/article-6",
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  "legislation": "eur/1998/2366",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-2366",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. For the purposes of fixing the olive yields and oil yields referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84, not later than 31 May of the marketing year in question, producer Member States shall provide the Commission with:\n(a) for each of the homogeneous zones referred to in paragraph 3, in accordance with the method indicated in that paragraph for the data in question:\nthe average olive yield in kilograms per olive tree harvested for olives for oil,\nelements that allow an assessment of the breakdown of the sample monitored for the purposes of estimating olive yields by regional area ,\nan estimate of the number of olive trees in production,\nan estimate of the area under olives,\nthe average yield of virgin olive oil per kilogram of olives;\n(b) for each of the regional areas referred to in paragraph 2, in accordance with the method indicated in that paragraph for the data in question:\nthe average olive yield in kilograms per olive tree harvested for olives for oil, and the accuracy of the estimate,\nthe average percentage of trees harvested for olives for oil as against the total trees declared, and the accuracy of the estimate,\nthe average yield of all virgin olive oils per kilogram of olives and the average percentages of lampante virgin olive oil, ordinary virgin olive oil, virgin olive oil and extra virgin olive oil established in accordance with paragraph 4;\n(c) for each of the Member States concerned, an evaluation based on the results referred to in points (a) and (b) of:\nthe olive and olive oil yields per tree harvested,\nthe percentage and number of trees harvested,\nthe percentage and production of lampante virgin olive oil, ordinary virgin olive oil, virgin olive oil and extra virgin olive oil.\n2. The regional areas are set out in the Annex.\nWithout prejudice to Article 28, a sample of 100 holdings shall be monitored in each regional area in order to check the crop declarations and to record:\nthe total number of olive trees harvested for olives for oil,\nthe quantities of olives delivered to mills.\nThe data shall be be recorded on the spot at an appropriate time. Where a holding carries out several deliveries, at least one of those deliveries shall be subject to an on-the-spot check. A system for the quality control of data shall be introduced. Unreliable data shall be excluded from calculations.\nThe sample of holdings to be monitored shall be selected at random from all agricultural holdings that have lodged an aid application in one of the two marketing years preceding that for which the yields are to be estimated. The holdings shall be stratified by:\nhomogenous zone as referred to in paragraph 3,\nsize,\npossibly other criteria judged necessary by the Member State.\nPreparation and drawing of the samples at national level shall take place in the presence of experts from several national bodies and, where appropriate, from the Commission.\nFor the purposes of granting aid, olive growers shall be obliged to collaborate in assessing yields where required.\n3. The homogenous zones shall be determined by the Member States taking account in particular of:\nthe geographical location and the agronomic characteristics of the terrain,\nthe predominant varieties and the age of olive trees and the most common type of shape pruning,\nthe need for a limited number of zones that remain constant over time and do not go beyond the boundaries of a regional area.\nThe Member States shall notify the Commission before 1 January of the marketing year concerned of the list and description of the homogenous zones laid down or of any amendments, duly justified, to the list previously laid down.\nWithin each homogeneous zone, the Member States shall establish a sampling plan and a method allowing experts to estimate the average olive yield per olive tree harvested for olives for oil.\nWhere the aggregated average yields estimated by experts for the homogenous zones do not coincide at the regional-area level with the confidence interval for the average yield based on the monitoring of the holdings provided for in paragraph 2, the experts' estimates shall be adjusted accordingly.\n4. The average yield of all virgin olive oils per kilogram of olives and the percentages of the various categories of virgin olive oil shall be established on the basis of the results provided for the marketing year concerned by the approved mills subject to in-depth checks under the first subparagraph of Article 30(1).\nThe results for each regional area shall be calculated on the basis of the aggregate data for the mills checked, taking account of the quantities of olives processed by those mills in the area in question.\n5. The Member States shall notify the Commission before 1 January of the marketing year concerned, on the basis of experts' estimates and information relating to previous marketing years, of an initial estimate of the olive and olive oil yields within each regional area.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1273/1999 of 17 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/99, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 648/2001 of 30 March 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/99, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 648/2001 of 30 March 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2366/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for olive oil for the 1998/99, 1999/2000 and 2000/01 marketing years."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/2366/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:07.119017+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}