Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 is hereby amended as follows: 1. the title is replaced by the following: "Commission Regulation (EC) No 528/1999 of 10 March 1999 laying down measures to improve the quality of olive oil and table olive production"; 2. Article 1 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. This Regulation specifies the measures to be undertaken and procedures to be followed to improve the quality of olive oil and table olive production at regional level and its impact on the environment."; (b) paragraph 2 is amended as follows: (i) points (b), (c), (d) and (e) are replaced by the following: "(b) improvement of the conditions under which olive trees are grown and treated, olives are harvested, stored and processed and the resulting oils and table olives are stored; (c) technical assistance to growers, mills and table olive processors to help improve the environment, the quality of the olives produced and their processing into oil and table olives; (d) improvement of the disposal of crushing and processing residues so that the environment is not harmed; (e) training, information provision and demonstrations for farmers, mills and table olive processors on olive oil and table olive quality and the environmental impact of olive oil and table olive production;"; (ii) point (g) is replaced by the following: "(g) collaboration with specialist agencies on research programmes to improve the quality of virgin olive oil and table olives and at the same time help improve the environment."; (c) in paragraph 3, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:"Insecticides against olive fly must be used in conjunction with protein baits. However in special circumstances the use of insecticides without protein baits may be authorised under the direction of the agency responsible for prescribing treatments. Insecticides and their mode of application must be such that no residue in olives from the zones in question or in the oil or table olives produced from them exceeds the maximum levels authorised by Community legislation."