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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No260/86
of4February1986
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheItalian
interventionagency
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofAIMA,ViaPalestro81,Rome,Italy.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachAIMA,ViaPalestro81,Rome,
Italy,notlaterthan2p.m.(localtime)on8February
1986.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3768/85(2),andin
particularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2754/78of23November1978(3),providesthatoliveoil
heldbytheinterventionagenciesshallbeputupforsale
bytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12(1)ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC,theItalianinterventionagencyhas,since
the1975/7€marketingyear,boughtinlargequantitiesof
oliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1922/85(*),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthe
Communitymarketandforexportofoliveoil;whereas
thestateofthemarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourable
forthesaleofpartofthesaidoil;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforOilsandFats,
hasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheItalianinterventionagency'AziendadiStatopergli
interventinelmercatoagricolo',hereinafterreferredtoas
'AIMA',shallopenastandinginvitationtotenderin
accordancewiththeprovisionsofthisRegulationandof
Regulation (EEC)No2960/77forthesale
ontheCommunitymarketofapproximately 10000
tonnesofvirginlampanteoliveoil.Article4
Tendersshallbesubmittedforanoilof5°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetobepaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto5°acidity:
increaseofLit4742foreachdegreeorfractionof
degreeofaciditybelow5°,
—above5°upto8°acidity:
reductionofLit4742foreachdegreeorfractionof
degreeofacidityabove5°,
—above8°:
additionalreductionofLit5187foreachdegreeor
fractionofdegreeabove8°.
Article5
Notlaterthantwodaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,AIMAshallsend
theCommissionalist,withoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon3February
1986.Article6
Theminimumsellingpriceshallbefixed,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthan14February1986,and
inaccordancewiththeproceduresetoutinArticle38of
RegulationNo136/66/EEC.Thedecisionfixingthe
minimumsellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtothe
MemberStateconcerned .(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
(4)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
Is)OJNoL190,12.7.1985,p.26.

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Article7
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyAIMAnotlaterthan18
February1986.AIMAshallsupplytheagenciesrespon­
sibleforstoragewithalistofthelotsremainingunsold.
Article8
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbeLit30000per100kilograms.Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbeLit4000per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President