7.10.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL289/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3023/89
of6October1989
openinganinvitationtotender(orthesaleofoliveoilheldbytheSpanish
interventionagency
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforOilsandFats,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
136/66/EECof22September1966ontheestablishment
ofacommonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1225/89(2),andinparticularArticle12(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
toavoidanymisureofthisprovisionandtherefore
preventalimitednumberofoperatorsfrommonopolizing
thequantitiesputupforsale,itshouldbestipulatedthat
onlyrecognizedoperatorsmaysubmittendersinresponse
tothisinvitation;whereas,forthesamepurposeand
giventheparticularsituationontheSpanishmarket,
certainofthequantitiesputupforsaleshouldbereserved
forpackagingplantsandrefineries;
Whereasspecialtimelimitsshouldbelaiddownfor
withdrawaloftheoliveoiltoexpediteitsplacingonthe
market;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheSpanishinterventionagency'ServicioNacionalde
ProductosAgrarios',hereinafterreferredtoas'Senpa',
shallopenaninvitationtotenderinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofthisRegulationandofRegulation(EEC)No
2960/77forthesaleontheCommunitymarketofthe
followingquantitiesofoliveoil:
—4000tonnesofextravirginoliveoil,
—4000tonnesofvirginoliveoil,
—12000tonnesoflampantevirginoliveoil.
60%ofeachofthequantitiesreferredtoiathefirst
subparagraphshallbereservedforpackagingplantsand
refineries.
BywayofderogationfromArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77,Senpashall,wherethequantityofoil
inacontainerexceeds500tonnes,beauthorizedto
establishseverallotswithpartonlyofthatoil.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbepublishedon9October
1989.
Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandofthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
centralofficeofSenpa,calleBeneficencia 8,Madrid
28004,Spain.
Acopyoftheinvitationtotendershallbesentwithout
delaytotheCommission .
Article3
1.ThetendersmustreachSenpa,calleBeneficencia8,
Madrid28004,Spain,notlaterthan2p.ijn.(localtime)on
20October1989.Tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyif
submittedbyanaturalorlegalpersonwhoexercisesan
activityintheoliveoilsectorandisenteredinthatstatus
asat31December1988inapublicregisterofaMember
State.
Furthermore ,notenderermaysubmitatenderfora
quantityinexcessof1000tonnesforlampantevirgin
oliveoil,and300tonnesforvirginandextravirginolive
oil.(')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.15.
(3)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.0OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.8.0OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
(6)OJNoL368,31.12.1985,p.20.

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2.However,notwithstanding paragraph 1asregardsthe
quantitiesreferredtointhesecondsubparagraph of
Article1,tendersshallbeadmissibleonlyifsubmitted :
—asregardsSpainandPortugal,byapackagingplant
registeredassuchat31December1988inapublic
registerheldbytheMemberStateconcerned,
—asregardstheotherMemberStates,byanapproved
packagingplantwithinthemeaningofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2677/85('),aslastamendedby
(EEC)No2677/85('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3629/88(2),
—byarefineryregisteredassuchat31December1988
inapublicregisterheldbyaMemberState.
Article4
1.Withregardtolampantevirginoliveoil,tenders
shallbesubmittedforanoilof3°acidity.
2.Wheretheoilawardedhasadifferentdegreeof
acidityfromthatforwhichthetenderwassubmitted,the
pricetopaidshallbeequaltothepricetendered,
increasedorreducedinaccordancewiththescalebelow:
—upto3°acidity:
increaseofPta48,93foreachtenthofadegreeof
aciditybelow3°,
—above3°upto8°acidity,
reductionofPta48,93foreachtenthofadegreeof
acidityabove3°,
—above8°acidity,
additionalreductionofPta53,51foreachtenthofa
degreeabove8°.
Article5,
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofthetimelimit
laiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,SenpashallsendtheCommissionalist,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
Theproductshallbewithdrawnwithin30workingdays
ofthedateofsale.
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2960/77shallbePta3000per100kilograms.
Article9
ThestoragechargereferredtoinArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbePta400per100kilograms.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6October1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL254,25.9.1985,p.5.
OOJNoL316,23.11.1988,p.42.