Judgment_paragraph 20 · Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (C-374/99)

20It recognises that Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2677/85 of 24 September 1985 laying down implementing rules in respect of the system of consumption aid for olive oil (OJ 1985 L 254, p. 5), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 643/93 of 19 March 1993 (OJ 1993 L 69, p. 19) (hereinafter ‘Regulation No 2677/85 as amended’), provides in Article 9(3) that ‘[the] Member State shall pay the aid within 150 days of the submission of the application for the quantities for which entitlement to aid has been recognised following on-the-spot checks’. It points out, however, that Article 12(1) of Regulation No 2677/85 as amended simply requires that, in the context of the checks envisaged by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3089/78 of 19 December 1978 laying down general rules in respect of aid for the consumption of olive oil (OJ 1978 L 369, p. 12), ‘each undertaking [is to be] visited at least once every 12 months’.

Kingdom of Spain v Commission of the European Communities (C-374/99)

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