9.9.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL263/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2727/89
of8September1989
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheSpanish
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoRegulationNo136/66/EECofthe
Councilof22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1225/89(2),andin
particularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2754/78(3)providesthatoliveoilheldbytheintervention
agenciesshallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle1(2)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No629/86(4),theSpanishintervention
agencyholdsinstocklargequantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85(6),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationofthemarketinvirgin
oliveoilwheresupplyislowcomparedwithdemandand
inordertoprovidethegreatestpossiblenumberof
operatorswithaminimumsupplyfortheirimmediate
needs,itshouldbestipulatedthateachoperatormayonly
submittendersforamaximumquantity;whereasinorder
toavoidanymisuseofthisprovisionandtherefore
preventalimitednumberofoperatorsfrommonopolizing
thequantitiesputupforsale,itshouldbestipulatedthat
onlyrecognizedoperatorsmaysubmittendersinresponse
tothisinvitation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation(EEC)No
2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarketofthe
followingquantitiesofoliveoil:
—3000tonnesofvirginoliveoil,
—9000tonnesoflampantevirginoliveoil.
BywayofderogationfromArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77,Senpashall,wherethequantityofoil
inacontainerexceeds500tonnes,beauthorizedto
establishseverallotswithpartonlyofthatoil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon11
September1989.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,Madrid
28004,Spain.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,
Madrid28004,Spain,notlaterthan2p.m.(localtime)on
25September1989.Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyif
submittedbyanaturalorlegalpersonwhoexercisesan
activityintheoliveoilsectorandisenteredinthatstatus
asat31December1988inapublicregisterofaMember
State.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof1500tonnesforlampantevirgin
oliveoil,and500tonnesforvirginoliveoil.
Article4
1.Withregardtolampantevirginoliveoil,tenders
shallbesubmittedforanoilof3°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto3°acidity:
increaseofPta49,35foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow3°,HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheSpanishinterventionagency'ServicioNacionalde
ProductosAgrarios',hereinafterreferredtoas'Senpa',
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.15.
(■')OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.0OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.8.—above3upto8°acidity:
reductionofPta49,35foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove3°,(5)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
(6)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

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—above8:
additionalreductionofPta53,98foreachtenthofa
degreeabove8°.
Article5
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,Senpashallsend
theCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.
Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceper100kilogramsofoilshall
befixed,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthanthe10thworkingday
aftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddownforthe
submissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingtheminimum
sellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtotheMember
Stateconcerned .Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbySenpanotlaterthanthe
fifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthe
decisionreferredtoinArticle6.
Senpashallsupplytheagenciesresponsibleforstorage
withalistofthelotsremainingunsold.
Article8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbePta3000per100kilograms.
Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbePta400per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournalof-theEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8September1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission