22.10.80 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL278/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2684/80
of21October1980
openingastandinginvitationtotender(orthesale(orexporto(oliveoilheld
bytheItalianinterventionagency
onlytocountriesotherthantheUnitedStatesof
AmericaandCanada;
WhereasArticle20ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No2730/79of29November1979layingdown
commondetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemofexportrefundsonagriculturalproducts(6),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1607/80(7),
specifiestheevidencerequiredtoproveimportation
intonon-Community countries;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2566/79
of15November1979onthecountrynomenclature
fortheexternaltradestatisticsoftheCommunityand
statisticsoftradebetweenMemberStates(8)liststhe
non-membercountriesofEurope,AfricaandtheNear
andMiddleEast;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforOilsandFats,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo136/66/EEC
of22September1966ontheestablishment ofa
commonorganizationofthemarketinoilsand
fats(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1917/80(2),andinparticularArticle12(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2754/78(3)providesthatoliveoilheldbytheinterven­
tionagenciesistobeputupforsalebytender;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12(1)ofRegulationNo
136/66/EEC,theItalianinterventionagencyhas
boughtin,sincethe1975/76marketingyear,large
quantitiesofoliveoil;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2960/77
of23December1977ondetailedrulesforthesaleof
oliveoilheldbyinterventionagencies(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2309/80(5),laid
downtheconditionsforthesalebytenderofoliveoil
fortheCommunitymarketandforexport;whereasat
thepresenttimethereexistopportunities for
exportingediblevirginoliveoil;whereas,therefore,
thesaidoilshouldbeputupforsaleunderastanding
invitationtotender;
Whereastheminimumsellingpriceissofixedthat
theCommunityoperatorsenjoyequalconditionsof
competitionwithoperatorsinnon-membercountries;
whereas,accordingly,oilshouldunderthisRegulation
qualifyneitherfortheexportrefundprovidedforin
Article20ofRegulationNo136/66/EECnorforthe
consumption aidprovidedforinArticle11ofthe
sameRegulation ;
Whereasthereisanestablishedexporttradeinolive
oilputupinsmallcontainersfromtheCommunityto
theUnitedStatesofAmericaandtoCanada;whereas
ifoilsubjectofanawardbytenderunderthisRegula­
tionweretobeexportedinbulktothesetwocoun­
tries,itmightwelldamagethistraditionalexport
trade;whereastoguardagainstthisdangerexporta­
tioninbulkorinimmediatecontainersofanet
contentofmorethanfivelitresshouldbeallowedHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheItalianinterventionagency'AziendadiStato
pergliinterventinelmercatoagricolo',hereinafter
referredtoas'AIMA',shallopenastandinginvitation
totenderinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthis
RegulationandofRegulation (EEC)No2960/77for
thesaleforexportofabout10000tonnesofextra
qualityvirginoliveoiloutofinterventionpurchases
madeduringthe1978/79and1979/80oliveoil
marketingyearsatarateof2000tonnespermonth,
thislatterquantitybeingincreasedthefollowing
monthbyanyquantityofoliveoilremainingunsold
fromthepreviousinvitationstotender.
2.Thequantitiesofoliveoilawardedshallnotbe
exportedinbulkorinimmediatecontainersofanet
contentofmorethanfivelitrestotheUnitedStatesof
AmericaorCanada.
Article2
Theinvitationtotendershallbemadepublicon20
October1980.')OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2)OJNoL186,19.7.1980,p.1.
*)OJNoL331,28.11.1978,p.13.
4)OJNoL348,30.12.1977,p.46.
s)OJNoL233,4.9.1980,p.13.(")OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.
OOJNoL160,26.6.1980,p.42.
(8)OJNoL294,21.11.1979,p.5.

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Particularsofthelotsofoilofferedforsaleandthe
placeswheretheyarestoredshallbedisplayedatthe
headofficeofAIMA,ViaPalestro81,Rome,Italy.A
copyoftheinvitationtotenderreferredtoaboveshall
besentwithoutdelaytotheCommission .
Article3
ThefirstseriesoftendersmustreachAIMA,Via
Palestro81,Rome,Italy,notlaterthan2p.m.(local
time)on7November1980.
Subsequentseriesoftendersmustbelodgedby2p.m.
on:
—12December1980,
—20January1981,
—20February1981,
—20March1981.
Article4
Notlaterthanthreedaysaftertheexpiryofeachtime
limitlaiddownforthesubmissionoftenders,AIMA
shallsendtheCommission alist,withoutmentioning
names,statingthehighesttenderreceivedforeachlot
putupforsale.
Article5
Theminimumsellingpriceshallbefixed,inaccor­
dancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle38of
RegulationNo136/66/EEC,onthebasisofthe
tendersreceived,notlaterthanthelastworkingdayof
themonthduringwhichthetendersweresubmitted .
Thedecisionfixingtheminimumsellingpriceshall
benotifiedforthwithtotheMemberStateconcerned .
Article6
TheoliveoilshallbesoldbyAIMAnotlaterthanthe
fifthdayofeachmonthfollowingthatduringwhich
thetendersweresubmitted .
AIMAshallsupplytheagenciesresponsiblefor
storagewithalistofthelotsremainingunsold.Alistofthelotsputupforsaleandalistofthelots
remainingunsoldfromthepreviousinvitationsto
tendershallbedisplayedattheheadofficeofAIMA
notlaterthantheseventhdayofeachmonth.
Article7
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle7ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbe9-50ECU/100kg.
ThesecurityreferredtoinArticle12(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2960/77shallbe135ECUper100kgof
oliveoil.
ForthepurposesofapplyingtheprovisionsofArticle
1(2),thesecurityreferredtointhesecondsubpara­
graphofthisArticleshallnotbereleasedintheevent
ofoliveoilbeingexportedinbulkorinimmediate
containersofanetcontentofmorethanfivelitres
unlessproofisprovidedthattheoilwasimportedinto
anon-membercountryotherthantheUnitedStates
ofAmericaorCanada,exceptincaseswhereithas
beendestroyedduringtransportasaresultofforce
majeure,orthatithasbeenusedforsuppliesasindi­
catedinArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)No2730/79.
TheMemberStatesmay,however,exemptthe
exporterfromproducingthedocumentaryevidence,
otherthanthetransportdocument,specifiedin
Article20ofRegulation (EEC)No2730/79inthe
caseofatransaction wherethereisreasonable
certaintyofarrivalatdestinationofproductsforwhich
adeclarationofexporttoanon-membercountryin
Europe,Africa,ortheNearorMiddleEast,listedin
Regulation (EEC)No2566/79,wasmade.
Article8
ThestoragechargeprovidedforinArticle15ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2960/77shallbeLit1700per100
kilograms .
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21October1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President