21.6.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL154/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1409/94
of20June1994
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbydieGreek
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3179/93(2),andinparti­
cularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2754/78(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2203/90(4),providesthatoliveoilheldbytheinter­
ventionagenciesshallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12(1)ofRegulation
No136/66/EEC,theGreekinterventionagencyholds
certainquantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85(6),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketinvirgin
oliveoilwheresupplyislowcomparedwithdemandand
inordertoprovidethegreatestpossiblenumberofopera­
torswithminimumsuppliesfortheirimmediateneeds,it
shouldbestipulatedthatanoperatormayonlysubmit
tendersuptoagivenquantity;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,—approximately 3000tonnesofextravirginoliveoil,
—approximately 3000tonnesoflampantevirginolive
oil.
Article2
Thenoticeofinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon
24June1994.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofDIDAGEP,AcharnonNo241,11253
Athens,Greece.
Acopyofthenoticeofinvitationtotendershallbesent
withoutdelaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachDIDAGEPatthecentraloffice,
AcharnonNo241,11253Athens,Greecenotlaterthan2
p.m.(localtime)on11July1994.
Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyifsubmittedbyanatural
orlegalpersonwhoexercisesanactivityintheoliveoil
sectorandisenteredinthatstatusasat31December
1993inapublicregisterofaMemberState.
Notenderermaysubmitatenderforaquantityinexcess
of1000tonnes.
Article4
1.Inthecaseoflampantevirginoliveoil,tendersshall
besubmittedforanoilof3°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto3°acidity:
increaseofECU0,32foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow3°
—above3°acidity:
reductionofECU032foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove3°.
Article5
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,DIDAGEPshall
sendtheCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,
statingthehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupfor
sale.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheGreekinterventionagency,'DiefthinsiDiachiriseos
AgoronGeorgikonProfonton',hereinafterreferredtoas
'DIDAGEP',shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccord­
ancewiththeprovisionsofthisRegulationandofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2960/77forthesaleontheCommunity
marketofthefollowingquantitiesofoliveoil:
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.0OJNoL285,20.11.1993,p.9.
OOJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
(4)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.5.0OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
(ÓOJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

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Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceper100kilogramsofoilshall
befixed,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthanthe10thworkingday
aftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddownforthe
submissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingtheminimum
sellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtotheMember
Stateconcerned .DIDAGEPshallsupplytheagenciesresponsiblefor
storagewithalistofthelotsremainingunsold.
Article8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbeECU18per100kilograms.
Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbeECU3per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities ,Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyDIDAGEPnotlaterthan
thefifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthe
decisionreferredtoinArticle6.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20June1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission