NoL251/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.10.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2763/93
of7October1993
openinganinvitationtotenderforthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheItalian
interventionagency
marketingyear;whereasitisaccordinglynecessaryto
specifytheoperativeeventfortheagriculturalconversion
rateinthecaseofthisinvitationtotender;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforOilsandFats
hasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itsChairman,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EECof
22September1966ontheestablishment ofacommon
organizationofthemarketinoilsandfats('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2046/92(2),andin
particularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2754/78(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2203/90(4),providesthatoliveoilheldbytheinter­
ventionagenciesshallbeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12(1)ofRegulation
No136/66/EEC,theItalianinterventionagencyholds
certainquantitiesforoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2960/77(5),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3818/85(6),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderonthedown
theconditionsforthesalebytenderontheCommunity
marketandforexportofoliveoil;whereasthestateof
themarketinoliveoilisatpresentfavourableforthesale
ofpartofthesaidoil;
Whereasinthepresentsituationforthemarketinvirgin
oliveoilwheresupplyislowcomparedwithdemandand
inordertoprovidethegreatestpossiblenumberofopera­
torswithaminimumsupplyfortheirimmediateneeds,it
shouldbestipulatedthateachoperatormayonlysubmit
tendersforamaximumquantity;
Whereasspecialtimelimitsshouldbelaiddownforwith­
drawaloftheoliveoiltoexpediteitsplacingonthe
market;
WhereasArticle20ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1068/93of30April1993ondetailedrulesfordeter­
miningandapplyingtheagriculturalconversionratesQ
laysdownthattenderssubmittedinresponsetoinvitation
totenderbeexpressedinecusandArticles13to17
thereofprovideforadvancefixingoftheagricultural
conversionratesfortheamountsconcerned ;whereas
Article10ofthesaidRegulationappliestotheoliveoil
sectoronlyasfromthebeginningofthe1993/94Article1
TheItalianinterventionagency'AziendadiStatopergli
interventinelmercatoagricolo',hereinafterreferredtoas
'AIMA',shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarket
ofapproximately 7000tonnesofextravirginoliveoil.
Article2
Thenoticeofinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon
12October1993.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofAIMA,viaPalestro81,1-00185Rome.
Acopyofthenoticeofinvitationtotendershallbesent
withoutdelaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThetendersmustreachAIMAatthecontroloffice,via
Palestro81,1-00185Romenotlaterthan2p.m.(local
time)on21October1993.
Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyifsubmittedbyanatural
orlegalpersonwhoexercisesanactivityintheoliveoil
sectorandisenteredinthatstatusasat31December
1992inapublicregisterofaMemberState.
Furthermore ,notendermaysubmitforaquantityin
excessof500tonnes.
(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL215,30.7.1992,p.1.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.Article4
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,AIMAshallsend
theCommissionalistwithoutmentioningnames,stating
thehighesttenderreceivedforeachlotputupforsale.(4)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.5.0OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
(6)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.0OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.

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ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbeECU18per100kilograms.
Article8
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbeECU3per100kilgorams.Article5
Theminimumsellingpriceper100kilogramsofoilshall
befixed,inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article38ofRegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisof
thetendersreceived,notlaterthanthe10thworkingday
aftertheexpiryofeachfinaldatelaiddownforthe
submissionoftenders.Thedecisionfixingtheminimum
sellingpriceshallbenotifiedforthwithtotheMember
Stateconcerned.
Article6
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyAIMAnotlaterthanthe
fifthworkingdayafterthedateofnotificationofthedeci­
sionreferredtoinArticle5.
AIMAshallsupplytheagenciesresponsibleforstorage
withalistofthelotsremainingunsold.
Article7
Theproductshallbewithdrawnnotlaterthan
30November1993.Article9
Theoperativeeventfortheagriculturalconversionrate
applicableinthecontextofthisinvitationtotendershall
bedeterminedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article10ofRegulation(EEC)No1068/93.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7October1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission